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Legal Concerns of Flexible Work Schedules

Running head : FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES

Legal concerns of flexible work schedules

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Flexible work schedules are non-traditional work programs whereby employees have more freedom in terms of working time and working place This work program has gained popularity in the last few decades due to several benefits associated with it . Even with the benefits of improving employee morale and retaining valuable employees among others , flexible work schedules have raised various concerns . Legal concerns related to classification of eligible workers , working hours

and due wages have been of central concern in addition to work safety issues . With various laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act and Americans with Disabilities governing treatment of flextime employees , it has become important for employers and employees to understand the laws to avoid litigations

Legal concerns of flexible work schedules

Flexible work schedules (FWS ) were instituted under 5 U .S .C . 6122 as a form of alternative work arrangement (Department of Homeland Security 2007 . Flexible work schedules are also called flextime which is a non-traditional work schedule where the employee is on full employment but the working hours are flexible and do not follow the traditional working hours . The flextime schedule however incorporates a given number of hours as part of traditional working hours . Being a relatively new approach of working , the flexible working schedule is bound to raise concerns on the part of both the employer and the employee . This paper focuses on flexible work schedules with specific discussions...

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