require you to work a fixed number of "core" hours.
Otherwise, your workday can begin and end at the times you and your manager find mutually
acceptable. When you participate in flextime, you don't drastically change your
schedule. You simply shift the standard 8-hour workday to start and finish an hour
or so earlier or later than usual. This change in itself may not be drastic, but
the increased flexibility it provides can help reduce your transportation hassles,
increase your contact with family and friends, make it easier to meet some of your
personal commitments, and generally make home and work time more productive.
Link now to Flextime Detailed Option Description and Proposal form.
Flexplace allows you, with your manager's approval, to work outside the
office. You 
could, for example, work out of another National City office/facility,
or set up a home office, where you would do some of your regular work. With this
option, as the name implies, it is the place that becomes flexible. The combination
of a personal computer, fax machine and telephone makes it possible to perform large parts
of some jobs very effectively somewhere other than at the traditional office site.
Flexplace is appealing because you can save the time and cost of commuting, particularly
if you work from home. It also frees you up to be more effective in balancing your
multiple commitments in a way that suits you best.
Link now to Flexplace Detailed Option Description and Proposal form.
Flexible workweek
is a variation on the standard 8-hour day, 5-day workweek that you can arrange with your
manager. With this option, you can either compress the week into fewer but longer
days, or stretch it out over shorter days to a 6-day week. Exempt employees can
extend the time over a work schedule of two or more weeks, so that some days are longer
and others shorter, but the average over the schedule is 40 hours per week. In the
case of non-exempt employees, hours cannot be scheduled through flexible workweek to
exceed 40 hours per week.
Link now to Flexible Workweek Option Description and Proposal Form.
Job sharing enables you,
with your manager's approval, to share your job with another employee. Because job
sharing is part-time work, your salary and benefits will be affected by any change in your
full-time equivalent (FTE). Depending on the nature of the work, the number of
hours each employee wants to put in, and the nature of the relationship, the job can be
split up in any number of ways. You can decide to divide the hours or you can
decide to divide the responsibilities. While your manager will help you and your
job-share partner identify and resolve problems, the success of your partnership may
depend on how well you and your partner express your expectations and concerns.
Link now to Job Sharing Detailed Option Description and Proposal form.
Think it through.
As an employee, it is essential for you to think not only about the personal
benefits of a flexible option but also about the impact on your office/department, your
customers and business in general. There are no rules for determining where or when
a flexible option can be used. You need to think it through whether or not an option
makes sense in your situation and if that option truly will provide the flexibility you
think you need.
Review the materials.
Templates for each option's proposals are included in the toolkit
distributed to all managers. These materials include detailed information about the
four programs, as well as questions and answers. To find out more, simply ask your
manager.
Talk to your manager.
Even if you are undecided in your own mind about whether a flexible option will
work for you, sit down and discuss your ideas with your manager as soon as possible.
A preliminary discussion will help clarify your own thinking and give you a better
feel for whether the additional work of preparing a proposal represents time well spent.
Develop your proposal.
Employees who are interested in a particular arrangement must develop a proposal.
Each proposal will include a description of the FlexWork option you have selected,
the hours and schedule of work, anticipated impacts and solutions, how you will stay in
touch with your manager and co-workers, what the trial period will be and how you will
measure whether the arrangement is successful. For
guidance in developing your proposal, select one of the links below.
Review your proposal with
your manager.
Once complete, your proposal will show how you intend to overcome any concerns
your manager has raised. Once your manager has reviewed, accepted and signed the
document, you should forward a copy of the proposal to your local Human Resources
representative.
For answers to commonly asked FlexWork questions, you and your manager should follow this link.
FlexWork arrangements are not favors, but rather, good management practice. They are
the result of creative collaboration between employees and managers, which are as
beneficial to the corporation and its customers as they are to employees.
employee-initiated, manager-approved arrangements that allow you and
your manager to determine when, where or how the work is done.
require you to work a fixed number of "core" hours.
Otherwise, your workday can begin and end at the times you and your manager find mutually
acceptable. When you participate in flextime, you don't drastically change your
schedule. You simply shift the standard 8-hour workday to start and finish an hour
or so earlier or later than usual. This change in itself may not be drastic, but
the increased flexibility it provides can help reduce your transportation hassles,
increase your contact with family and friends, make it easier to meet some of your
personal commitments, and generally make home and work time more productive.