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he range of flexible working options

The articles in this section of our journal are divided into 6 topic areas:

Flexible work in general - wide-ranging articles, or cutting across more than one of theother topics

Flexible location - home working, mobile working, 'teleworking' etc

Flexible technologies - technologies to help you work flexibly - explained simply butaccurately, we hope!

Time flexibility - flexi-time, part-time working etc

Flexible contract - agency workers, etc

Flexible offices - what happens to the office when flexible working is introduced,innovation in workplace design, etc

You can access these sections from the menu on the left of the page. Each section has anintroductory page and a list of articles.

What is meant by Flexible Work?

Flexibility and Flexible Work are terms used to describe a wide range of work styles andemployment practices. Broadly speaking, they are used to describe all kinds of employmentwhich differ from the traditional 9-5 full time job with a permanent contract.

The "flexible" aspect of these type of jobs can in different instances relate more to the employees,or to the employer, or to both. That is, from the employees point of view, flexible work may allowmore freedom to organise their employment to fit in with other parts of their life. For an employer,the flexibility may come with the ability to organise labour resources more in line with the varying

needs of customers, or with peaks and troughs of demand.

In this section

In this section we explore the various kinds of Flexible Work - as outlined in the table below.

We examine also:

the trends in the uptake of flexible work

the impact on the workplace

the technologies used

how to plan for flexible work.

Use the links in the navigation bar on the left to find articles in each of the Flexible Workcategories.

Types of Flexible Work

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Flexible Location

Flexible location includes:

working on the move

working from home

working from telecentres/satellite offices

Variously described as location independent working, teleworking, telecommuting, homeworking, remote working, anywhere/anytime working. and many more

Flexible Time

The most commonly found forms of non-standard or flexible hours arrangements are:

flexible hours or "flexitime" schemes

part-time working

jobshare

compressed working weeks

annualised hours

zero hours

Flexible contract

Contractual arrangements can include any of the above, but in particular usually refers to thefollowing kind of arrangements:

outsourcing

use of agency workers temporary/fixed term contracts

casual labour