Provides people with a choice about working hours usually outside certain agreed core times

Give employees different start, finish and break times. Employers may use this to cover long opening hours

Where employees agree with managers to take time off at a mutually convenient time to make up for extra hours worked

Allows people to work their total number of hours over a shorter number of working days such as a nine day fortnight

Working time is organised on the basis of the number of hours to be worked over the year rather than a week. This is excellent for seasonal work.

This has no legal definition but the government define it as less than 30 hours a Week

Involves two people carrying out the duties of a post that would normally be done by one person

Employees can remain on a permanent contract, either full or part-time, but have unpaid leave of absence during the school holidays

Shift swapping - employees can negotiate working times to suit their needs and re-arrange shifts amongst themselves or within teams

Self rostering - Gives employees more control over their working times around certain parameters

New technology has made this easier and enables employees to work from other locations such as home or another worksite and to stay in touch with work

Such as childcare vouchers, workplace childcare facilities and schemes to help them find childcare such as your local Childrens Information Service (see further information)

Such as: maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave, time off for dependants adoption leave, career break, sabbatical, employee volunteering