Post by Logan on Jun 8, 2016 4:31:05 GMT -6
The 9-to-5 day could end for many feds as Metro repairs make flexible schedules the norm
The government has grown so concerned that its Washington-area workers can’t get to the office on time during the massive Metro repairs that started this week that it’s now urging federal offices to change their employees’ work schedules.
The shift from the rush-hour arrival and departure common for most federal workers to dramatically more flexible schedules could affect thousands of employees who commute to agencies across the region. And it has the potential to shift what we think of as traditional government hours to a more permanent expectation of flexible hours.
In a government-wide memo posted on its website Tuesday, the Office of Personnel Management told agencies to get creative, not just by being open-minded in allowing their employees to telework but by allowing them, for example, to work four-day weeks (with four, ten-hour days) or to come in when they want — as long as the work gets done.
The goal is to help employees get to their jobs by working around the severe constraints of Metro’s SafeTrack project — still commuting, but going and leaving when they won’t get stuck on a train platform for hours.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/06/08/the-9-to-5-day-could-end-for-many-feds-as-metro-repairs-make-flexible-schedules-the-norm/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics%3Ahomepage%2Fcard
The government has grown so concerned that its Washington-area workers can’t get to the office on time during the massive Metro repairs that started this week that it’s now urging federal offices to change their employees’ work schedules.
The shift from the rush-hour arrival and departure common for most federal workers to dramatically more flexible schedules could affect thousands of employees who commute to agencies across the region. And it has the potential to shift what we think of as traditional government hours to a more permanent expectation of flexible hours.
In a government-wide memo posted on its website Tuesday, the Office of Personnel Management told agencies to get creative, not just by being open-minded in allowing their employees to telework but by allowing them, for example, to work four-day weeks (with four, ten-hour days) or to come in when they want — as long as the work gets done.
The goal is to help employees get to their jobs by working around the severe constraints of Metro’s SafeTrack project — still commuting, but going and leaving when they won’t get stuck on a train platform for hours.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/06/08/the-9-to-5-day-could-end-for-many-feds-as-metro-repairs-make-flexible-schedules-the-norm/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics%3Ahomepage%2Fcard