There is a movement afoot to restructure work and family life so that men and women can participate fully in each setting without any unnecessary social and emotional problems. Flexitime was introduced in U.S. companies over 20 years ago. Under flexitime, employees choose the time they arrive and the time they leave, as long as they work for the prescribed number of hours per day or week. There generally is a core time when all employees must be present each day. Voluntary reduced time.
Workers retain their benefits and seniority status on a prorated basis.
Companies have begun to offer this option to help employees meet family, personal, or schooling needs, as well as an alternative to layoffs. Two individuals may share one full-time job, such as one spouse working the first 6 months of the year and the other spouse working the last 6 months. Available research suggests that two sharing a job are more productive than one, but most employers still remain skeptical about the idea. This growing trend has been fueled largely by computer and other electronic technologies. Shorter work week.