Of course, due to the nature of working from home, there are its advantages and disadvantages. .
Firstly, it is not easy or cheap to implement such a working system. The management will firstly need to employ the "right" kind of people for the job. People who are independent and disciplined enough to be able to work on their own without much supervision. Secondly, a very clear communication channel must be established, as there is little or no human interaction between employee and employer. If there is no clear establishment of communication, things can go wrong very easily.
The main advantages of homeworking are very job satisfaction, increased flexibility and increased productivity. Other advantages including the widening of the labour pool to include homebound workers like housewives; improved retention levels and reduced overhead costs as there are less people reporting to work.(Tan Chwee Huat, Derek Torrington).
The traditional standing of life time, salaried employment is now no longer the same. With the introduction of flexible hours, or flexi-time or compressed work weeks, job sharing, homeworking etc, people do not need to work in an office from 9am to 5pm anymore. They can choose different hours of working to suit their needs.
Flexi-Time.
This refers to the full time employment that instead of working fixed hours, the employees can choose what time they can start work and what time to finish.
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Flexi Working Hours Scheme usually include the following components:.
The bandwidth is known as the hours between which the employee may work e.g. 8 am to 6 pm. .
The core time is the time of day when all employees have to be present. This excludes business and holidays. Typical schemes have a core time of at least two hours in the morning and two in the afternoon.
Flexible bends are the periods of time between the bandwidth and the core time. This is the time at the beginning and the end of the day that employees may choose to work.
