0 a situation in which an employer allows people to choose the times that they work so that they can do other things, for example spend time with their children: --
1 an arrangement in which an employer allows people to choose the times that they work, whether they work in the office or at home, etc.: --
An example of flexible working in primary care 239 nursing skill mix in the district nursing service.
The majority of companies (77 per cent) reported no written policy regarding flexible working arrangements, while 18 per cent reported an ' informal ' policy.
Although many companies reported that health promotion was a priority, fewer than half viewed flexible working arrangements for caregiving employers as part of health promotion.
A small number (4 per cent) reported having written policies on flexible working arrangements, but none mentioned elder care.
The findings suggest that, in order to accommodate older workers in the workplace, more attention may need to be placed on informal as well as contractual arrangements of flexible working.
Flexible working in most of primary health care remains in its infancy.
Inevitably, they fail to detect the less visible but nonetheless equally meaningful informal, ad-hoc and 'personalised ' agreements on flexible working between employers and employees.
It may thus be management styles rather than (just) formal procedures that most strongly determine the scope for flexible working and the integration of older workers.
