Employees who live and work under circumstances which enable them to work mostly the same hours as they did before the pandemic and remote work began, will not need to use this option. We expect that a majority of employees will neither need nor request access to flexible hours and, if they do, it will be for fewer than 10 hours each week. Will every employee need this flexibility? Work will be the same but the hours in which those duties will be accomplished may be non-traditional. President Wooten’s announcement is intended to respond to emerging and ongoing needs of Simmons faculty and staff to have more flexibility and permit them to work outside of the traditional 8:30 a.m. Can you be more specific on how these flex hours would work or what concerns the announcement is trying to address? schedule may need this flexibility more urgently, but flexible hours are available to faculty too. We believe that non-faculty employees who were originally hired to work an 8:30 a.m. Does this announcement pertain to staff only? The newly announced flextime option permits employees, particularly non- faculty staff, to structure their Monday-Friday workdays to accommodate family responsibilities and personal health issues which may conflict with the traditional 8:30 to 5:30 business day schedule while we work remotely during the pandemic. “Summer Fridays” ended on August 28 th, 2020 and may return next summer but they are not continuing in the fall or spring semesters. Time off and flextime are two different things. ![]() Are we continuing the spirit of “Summer Fridays” thereby releasing employees from their duties for up to 10 hours per week? I’m not sure I understand the announcement. If you need time away from the office and cannot make up that time within the same day or week, accrued vacation time can be used. With vacation time, you suspend work altogether for that day (or period of time). With flex time, you shift the hours/time you work in a day. What is the difference between flexible time and vacation time? ![]() It is a benefit that allows you to a scheduled period of time during which work is suspended. Vacation is leave with pay granted to employees for the purpose of rest, relaxation, and attendance to personal matters. What is Flexible Time?įlexible time is when you alter the start and/or finish times of a typical business day, but maintain the same number of regularly scheduled hours. Some of you have raised questions about this announcement, so we have prepared this Q&A in response. On SeptemPresident Wooten announced that the University will offer employees up to 10 hours of flexible time each week to accommodate family responsibilities and personal health and welfare needs while meeting the duties and responsibilities of their positions.
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