Advantages of Flexible Working - Employees

Reduced Stress - Improved Employee Morale-
 
Recent research by MultiTime with over 1,000 users of our VisionTime system for flexible working  was done in conjunction with London City University.
 
The research outcome shows that flexible working provides the employee with enhanced job control. Where employees experience greater job control, it leads to reduced stress. Indeed, many of the advantages listed here and which are associated with flexible working hours, can be connected back to this single factor - that employees have greater job control.    
 
  
A positive opportunity in the recession -
Never was there a better time for employeees to negotiate flexible working hours and arrangements.  This potential for employees has emerged due to the combination of
  • the financial downturn and
  • the new legislation from April '09 which encourages employees to request flexible working
With the serious financial downturn now in progress, employees considering new arrangements will therefore now be dealing with managements in organisations that are hard pressed to find ways to combat the forces of the economy.  See here what the new study from the CBI is saying about flexible working and the recession. 
 

 

Rush Hours can be avoided. Less queuing, pushing and shoving or sitting for hours in traffic jams. Staff can avoid the crush and undoubtedly feel less harassed when they get to work and arrive home. The amount of time getting to the office and back again can be reduced and advantage can sometimes be taken of off peak fares. The avoidance of rush hours, is of course a greater advantage for those who work from home - even on some days.   More here about Home Working.

 

Personal Matters can be sorted out without having to take time off. The kids can be taken to school and/or collected, the shopping can be done when the stores are less full, or you can watch that TV programme you wanted to see and get to a concert or football match in time. Experience shows that evening courses are taken up more easily.

 

 

Parents with young children can hold down full time jobs and be away from work in time to pick up children. No queues or rushes to beat at the end of the day as staff dash out of the door to be first at the bus stop or in the car park.

Elderly Parents – and their well-being are regularly a cause worry for their children. With flexible working, more suitable time is now available to employees to visit and care for those who have contributed so much.

 

 

 

Greener Environment – most employees like to feel that are contributing to the improvement of their environment. There is a reduction of C02 emission due to travelling at times where start stop traffic can be avoided. This reduction can be further contributed to by those who work from home –even on some days.

Extra Time is already often worked by employees on fixed wages and salaries, sometimes without overtime pay. When hours are being recorded, credit time above the target an be taken off as flexible leave.

A Job can be Finished instead of being carried over to the next day. Extra hours put in on one day count towards the final target.

Local Communities benefit through a more even spread of use of facilities, such as roads, banks, post offices, shops and public transport.    

Personal Rhythms vary - Some people work better first thing, others take a while to get going. By choosing the starting and finishing times people can work to suit their own metabolism.