flextime
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- adjective
- /ˈflɛkstaɪm/
- US
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flexible
- The best part about a flextime schedule is that you're open to whatever summer throws at you, and your work schedule can be as free and flexible as you are.
- flextime arrangements
- companies that offer flextime
- offer flextime
Examples
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Many companies now offer flextime options, allowing workers to balance their professional and personal lives more effectively.
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According to an April 1996 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, half of human resource professionals polled said their companies offered flextime programs, 24 percent offered job-sharing, 19 percent allowed telecommuting, and 23 percent had compressed workweeks.
Academic text (1998) -
For instance, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, based in Washington, D.C., earlier this year ruled that a company's flextime schedule could not be stretched to cover the habitual tardiness of a dismissed worker.
Academic text (1998) -
Arranging various flextime schedules among a group of employees who must closely coordinate their efforts "can be a very complicated matrix," observes Mook of Ogletree, Deakins.
Academic text (1998) -
With a flextime arrangement, employees can choose when to start and end their workday within agreed hours.
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The flextime policy at her workplace enables her to attend family events without sacrificing her job responsibilities.
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Etymology
Flextime comes from flex- ('bend') plus time ('hours'), much like the word flexible. So a flextime schedule is one where you can 'bend' the start and end times, which is why the adjective describes that kind of work schedule.