'flexitime' is a correct and usable word in written English.
Flexitime is used to refer to an arrangement where employees are allowed to choose their working hours. For example, "My company offers flexitime, so I can choose to start work at 8am or 10am."
(Microsoft, according to an old joke, offers flexitime: "You can work any 18-hour shift that you want").
Laurence Monnery of Egon Zehnder International, an executive-search firm, reckons that companies should stop penalising people who at some point in their careers have gone part-time.Better be goodAll the flexitime in the world is unlikely to yield equal numbers of men and women in the most demanding jobs.
The way forward, Young suggests, is flexible working arrangements: flexitime, being willing to talk to people about part-time work and job sharing, providing career breaks – and "having pretty good terms for maternity leave".
The boarding school is no longer Tom Brown's Schooldays and If..., but flexitime Harry Potter (indeed, Harry Potter has been cited as a reason for the rise in children wanting to board).
(notlobdivad) Along with the growth of more flexible working where people work partly from home, flexitime, nine-day fortnights etc, we need more flexible fares.
While some did mention childcare and flexitime as an area to be improved – especially in countries such as the US where maternity leave is not mandatory – it is seen as less of a problem than the dominant male culture, which is viewed as the biggest deterrent to recruiting and maintaining women in the sector.
Flexitime is generally only good for the employee.
The businessman also said a steep fall in sterling could be good for the country, and that some workers' rights – such as part-time employment, flexitime and extended maternity leave – have gone too far.
Definitions of flexible working under the legislation include part-time working, job sharing, flexitime, working a compressed week and working from home.
With its innovative approach to management and an extensive benefits scheme, Visualsoft offers unlimited paid holidays, flexitime and free breakfasts for all employees.
