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flextime
Also Flextime.
[f. flexible a. + time n.; cf. G. Gleitzeit, lit. ‘sliding time’.]
= flexitime.
Flextime is a proprietary term for a timing device used to record the number of hours worked by employees (Trade Marks Jrnl. (1972), 9 Feb. 251/2; Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Off.) (1974), 8 Jan. 175/1).
1972Guardian 15 Mar. 14/1 In Germany, 5 million workers..will..be operating Gleitzeit, or, as we call it, Flextime. 1972U.S. News & World Report 19 June 100/1 Flextime also is showing up in the U.S. 1972Times 25 Sept. 15/6 New working hours are based on the ‘flextime’ principle, with a ‘core time’ of three hours during the day when everyone must be at work. 1977Time 10 Jan. 48/1 Flextime..is loosening the rigidity of the 9-to-5 day for a growing number of workers in the U.S... The basic idea is that employees can arrange their own work hours around a ‘core’ of time. 1980Nature 29 May p. xxviii. (Advt.), Four weeks holiday. Luncheon Vouchers. Flextime. Salary according to experience. |