Flexibility at Work: Balancing the Interests of Employer and Employee

Workplace flexibility can polarize opinion; it is either considered a prerequisite to survival in the global market or a means by which the rights of workers are eroded. This text is intended to bring clarity to the subject, showing how to obtain benefits for both employer and employee. Peter Reilly breaks down flexibility into five different types, from functional through to financial. He introduces a model of how mutual flexibility might be developed and the preconditions necessary to make it successful. Along the way he cites much evidence of how employers are introducing alternative working arrangements that provide benefits to both parties.