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ERIC Number: ED259679
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-May
Pages: 17
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Introducing Non-Faculty Flextime in Higher Education. AIR 1985 Annual Forum Paper.
Ruff, Dan
Results of a feasibility study of implementing flextime for nonacademic staff at Midlands Technical College are presented, along with implementation outcomes. Surveys were administered to staff and department heads, as well as to state agencies that had administered flextime. Findings include: (1) 95.6 percent of nonacademic staff favored a flextime policy; (2) 73.6 percent of nonacademic staff perceived the policy as convenient and workable, while 21.3 percent foresaw no impact, and 5.1 percent considered it inconvenient and not workable; (3) 80 percent of department heads favored and 20 percent opposed the flextime policy; (4) about half of state agencies used some form of flextime; and (5) no state agency saw flextime as ineffective. It was decided that core hours would be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with telephone coverage from 8.00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The personnel office was assigned overall administration of the policy. During the pilot phase of flextime implementation, no problems were reported. A total of 54.7 percent of nonacademic staff maintained their regular work hours. In contrast to survey responses indicating that 45 percent preferred to work from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00, only 15 percent actually did so. The flextime policy did not allow banking of hours or variability of hours daily or weekly. Flextime guidelines are appended. (SW)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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