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Flexible working

Meaning in human resources, with examples

nounCommon term

In human resources, flexible working means: Ways of working that differ from fixed office hours, such as flexible start and finish times, part-time hours, compressed weeks or working from home.

In Turkish: esnek çalışma

How it is used

In the UK, employees have a legal right to request flexible working; the employer must consider the request but can refuse it for business reasons. In the US, flextime or flexible work arrangements is more usual.

Example sentences

  1. She made a flexible working request to start at 7 and finish at 3.

  2. Flexible working is one of the main reasons people say they stay with us.

Common collocations

  • flexible working request
  • right to request flexible working
  • flexible working policy
  • compressed hours
  • remote workDoing your job away from the company's office, usually from home, using a computer and the internet to work with colleagues.
  • part-timeWorking fewer hours than the normal full working week, for example three days a week or only in the mornings.
  • working hoursThe times and the number of hours an employee is expected to work, for example nine to five, or 40 hours a week.
  • wellbeingThe physical and mental health and general happiness of employees, and the programmes a company offers to support them.

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