Since 20 May, London-based professional services group Arup, which employs 6,000 people in the United Kingdom, has been implementing a flexible work organization model that supplants the traditional 5-day working week and allows employees to divide their working hours between Monday and Sunday according to how they see fit. This system has been acclaimed by employees, who believe it provides a better balance in their daily lives.
Called ‘Work Unbound’, Arup’s flexibility program allows its 15,500 employees worldwide to choose when and where they want to work. However, the policy’s most original measure only concerns its UK employees and it is they who can now spread their working hours over the seven days of the week as they wish. “With the opportunity to flex working hours over the course of a seven day week, we‘re empowering our members to find a working pattern that allows them to be at their personal best while...
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