THE Associated Labor Unions (ALU), an organization of workers and laborers, yesterday called on employers and management to adopt “flexi-time and flexi-work” arrangements for their employees affected by the massive flooding.
“We are calling on private employers and management and the government to impose flexi-time and flexi-work arrangements to allow working parents to attend to urgent family needs and for them to cope with this emergency situation,” said ALU executive vice president Gerard Seno.
ALU suggested that the employee may report to office from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m., or from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., or 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Seno said flexi-work means workers don’t need to commute to work to do what their bosses told them to do.
“With the existing efficiency of SMS messaging and internet accessibility, these working variations are both a win-win situation between employers and their employees during emergencies or extreme calamities,” he said.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz is open to such an arrangement.
“That is possible since we have a guideline on flexi-work already,” she said.
She said the employers and employees, once agreeing mutually, may adopt their Department Advisory (DA) No. 2-2009, which provides the guidelines on the adoption of various flexible work arrangements for labor and management.
One arrangement is the compressed workweek where the normal workweek is reduced to less than six days but the total number of work hours of 48 hours per week shall remain by increasing duties to more than eight hours but not to exceed 12 hours, without corresponding overtime premium.
Another arrangement is broken time where the work schedule is not continuous but the work hours within the day or week remain.
Source: http://www.malaya.com.ph/index.php/news/nation/10438-staggered-working-hours-get-new-life
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