flexible working hours
A work schedule that allows employees to choose their start and finish times, within agreed limits.
speakingWork and economy
Использование в IELTS
Useful in discussions about modern work practices and employee satisfaction.
Примеры
- Flexible working hours are increasingly popular among young professionals.
- The company introduced flexible working hours to boost productivity.
- Parents often benefit from flexible working hours to manage childcare.
- My employer offers flexible working hours, which helps me avoid rush-hour traffic.
Collocations
- offer flexible working hours
- Many tech companies offer flexible working hours.
- introduce flexible working hours
- The firm introduced flexible working hours last year.
- benefit from flexible working hours
- Employees greatly benefit from flexible working hours.
- flexible working hours policy
- The flexible working hours policy improved morale.
Word family
- Существительное
- flexibility
- Прилагательное
- flexible
- Наречие
- flexibly
Paraphrases
- flexitime: A shorter, common term for the same concept.
- adjustable work schedule: More formal, useful in writing.
- variable working hours: Emphasises that hours can change.
Распространенные ошибки
- I like flexible hour. to I like flexible working hours.. The full phrase includes 'working' and 'hours' in plural.
- My job is flexible hours. to My job offers flexible hours.. Use a verb like 'offer' or 'has' rather than treating it as an adjective.
- They have a flexible hours policy. to They have a flexible working hours policy.. The standard phrase includes 'working'.