0 a system of working in which people work a set number of hours within a fixed period of time, but can change the time they start or finish work --
1 a system of working in which employees can vary the time they start and finish work as long as they work the agreed number of hours --
Part-time work and flextime or more flexible arrangements are seen as hallmarks of the mommy track, since they point to women not being in the workplace full-time.
A flextime policy allows staff to determine when they will work, while a flexplace policy allows staff to determine where they will work.
Flextime is also beneficial to workers pursuing an education.
Other groups of workers for whom flextime arrangements are rare include those who serve the public during specific opening times.
Flextime can give employees greater freedom to organize their working lives to suit personal needs.
In recent years, the term flextime has acquired a more controversial definition when used to describe proposals to overhaul the nation's overtime regulations.
In particular, the new rules would have allowed more companies to offer flextime to their workers in lieu of overtime.
In addition, the employer will usually require that a flextime employee works a minimum number of hours each week.
