The phrase "a flexible work" is not correct in standard written English.
It should be "flexible work" or "a flexible job" depending on the context.
Example: "Many companies are now offering flexible work options to accommodate their employees' needs."
Alternatives: "flexible employment" or "flexible job arrangement."
Simon Allport, north-west senior partner at Ernst & Young, who has himself chosen a flexible work pattern, said: "Flexible working is a source of competitive advantage to employers.
The Institute of Directors said it liked the contracts because they helped ensure a "flexible work market," but added that "flexibility must work for both staff and business," and exclusivity clauses should be banned.
Q. Isn't choosing a flexible work schedule committing career suicide? A. In Ms. McAuliffe's case, no.
How do you ask your company for a flexible work schedule?
She suggested another possible solution: a flexible work schedule that would accommodate early pickup.
Most cubicles today, Mr. Adams said, can be customized into a flexible work space that highlights privacy, individuality and efficiency.
Instead, Mark Beatson, chief economist at the CIPD, suggested that a flexible work market will help drive jobs growth.
But she wants to scrap a flexible work contract for small companies that was introduced a year ago.
"If you're going to initiate a flexible work schedule, you have to be absolutely clear about your priorities," Mr. Harrington says.
The foreign-invested factories here, including production centers for most multinational companies, depend on a flexible work force that actually grows cheaper by the year.
"It provides a flexible work force for Monsanto, and it provides work for the retirees if they want it, according to their own schedules," she said.
