‘Flexible working is seen as a social panacea, capable of resolving unemployment, maintaining economic competitiveness, and enhancing equal opportunities between women and men’(Perrons 2000) Recent years have seen an increasing number of organizations in the UK offering a range of flexible working options to their employees . These options range form part time working to job sharing and working from home, with each option comes its own culture and as such their own psychological advantages and disadvantages.
For example, for a parent, the advantages of flexible working include a more adequate work life balance and decreased stress levels. This resulting in a fix to family stabilization as in previous years it has been reported that ‘There …show more content…
However thet can also have an effect on the employer. This can be related to the retail industry as the following issues can arise when it comes to Human Resource Management:
In the retail industry staff retention is valuable and if employees are happy and feel like they are given opportunities they will feel more inclined to stay within the company long term. One such way of retaining staff is with promotional opportunities, for flexible workers these opportunities can be reduced as management and human resources may not feel like the employee has the skill set or experience required for the job being offered.
Additionally, Human Resources have to make sure the employee is working in a safe environment. This includes making sure that all staff regardless of their hours and working life get appropriate training. If an employee works part time this can be a difficulty; training schedules will either have to work around the employees routine or the employee may have to come in on a day off to complete sessions. If there is a clash in employee commitment this can cause a problem to human resources as they will have to rearrange training …show more content…
This providing a more interactive mobile experience for users in this ever advancing technological and digital age. Any non-developments in this area may result in the mobile use of these systems being inactive and not fit for future use. This system inactivity can force users back to using traditional processes and would not allow for any additional or continual processes to be
For example, for a parent, the advantages of flexible working include a more adequate work life balance and decreased stress levels. This resulting in a fix to family stabilization as in previous years it has been reported that ‘There …show more content…
However thet can also have an effect on the employer. This can be related to the retail industry as the following issues can arise when it comes to Human Resource Management:
In the retail industry staff retention is valuable and if employees are happy and feel like they are given opportunities they will feel more inclined to stay within the company long term. One such way of retaining staff is with promotional opportunities, for flexible workers these opportunities can be reduced as management and human resources may not feel like the employee has the skill set or experience required for the job being offered.
Additionally, Human Resources have to make sure the employee is working in a safe environment. This includes making sure that all staff regardless of their hours and working life get appropriate training. If an employee works part time this can be a difficulty; training schedules will either have to work around the employees routine or the employee may have to come in on a day off to complete sessions. If there is a clash in employee commitment this can cause a problem to human resources as they will have to rearrange training …show more content…
This providing a more interactive mobile experience for users in this ever advancing technological and digital age. Any non-developments in this area may result in the mobile use of these systems being inactive and not fit for future use. This system inactivity can force users back to using traditional processes and would not allow for any additional or continual processes to be