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The recent developments in ICT, however, have brought about four main areas where the working patterns
have changed. These are:
o Part-time
o Job sharing
o Flexible working
o Compressed hours.
Let us try to look at each of these in detail.
Part-time 🡪Part-time working is when an individual decides to work only a few hours compared to someone
working full-time. If a typical day's work is 8hrs, for example, a part-time worker may work for 4hrs or 5hrs, just
anything less than the 8hrs. Their pay also is adjusted so they may get paid less than a full-time worker. Of course,
this has some advantages as the employee could create time for other things when they are not working. It is
common for students in universities to take up part-time jobs ranging from restaurant attendants, baby sitters,
and others after classes.
Job sharing 🡪Job sharing refers to significant advantage to the part-time employee as they look for
two part-time workers doing the organisation in that they will always a replacement.
same job but at different times. For have more than one person who
Flexible working 🡪Flexible working,
example, one part-time worker has the same skill set. If the other
also known as flexi-time, is perhaps
may work from 8am to 12pm and person is sick or stops work, for
one of my favourites. With this kind
another may operate from 12pm to example, the organisation can still
of work pattern, the employee
4pm. This work pattern has a utilise the services of the other
agrees with his or her employer
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about when to work. Of course, he
or she is still expected to do a full
day's work but is at liberty to
choose the start and finish times,
hence the name flexible working.
This work pattern benefits both the
employer and employee. For the
employee, they can work at a time
that is convenient for them. For the
employer, they can remain open
for a long time even after regular
working hours, and that would be
extra revenue for them.
Full-time 62.2%
Part-time 24.0%
Compressed hours 12.111%
Flexi-time 1.599%
Compressed hours 🡪Compressed
hours is where an employee
decides to be working a few hours
in a day or week but does the same
amount of work equivalent to a day
or week. For example, if a shift in a
day is 9hrs or 45hrs a week, an
employee can agree with his or her
employer to be working 15hrs a
day. With this pattern, it will only
take three days, and he or she
would have met the 45hrs weekly
shift. The other two days, the
employee won't be expected to
report for work.
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