FLexi-time

[Guinness]

Hello
I would like to introduce flexitime to our business but am way out of touch with modern systems .

How do you cope with staff that have to go out of the office on visits or to exhibitions or are working from home ?

Are all log in systems computerised now ? rather than the old card system ? If so how can you cover "false" logging in?

Thanks

 

[mattk]

The most obvious way is to base it on trust. Update your staff handbook to detail "mandatory hours" if you want them, such as 10 til 12 and 2 til 4 and then allow your staff to work their contracted hours around those times.

It is a paradigm shift away from "being at work" to "doing work" which some companies (and employees) find a difficult adjustment and it requires a level of supervision and buy-in from managers, but in the long term you should benefit from more engaged and better enabled employees.

 

[Deleted member 59730]

One of my better decisions was to create a system of flexible days/time off for my staff. Sometimes wages are not enough to encourage loyalty, hard work and dedication. I realised that my staff were often stuck with problems like appointmments with dentists, repairmen at home and dealing with other personal stuff. I gave them one day off a week in return for flexi working on the other days. It worked very well. Its all based on trust and they work out the times they cover each other.