Varia Ranah - Sorotan Ilmiah Perkhidmatan Awam

84 Varia Ranah: Sorotan Ilmiah Perkhidmatan Awam by organisations to its employees. However, based on the literal context, FWA covers a wider spectrum of work arrangements which provides: Any spectrum of work structures that alters the time and/or place that work gets done regularly and may include flexibility in the scheduling of hours worked, flexibility in the number of hours worked, and flexibility in the place of work - Georgetown University Law Centre, 2010 Flexible work arrangements allow employees to alter, on a temporary or permanent basis, their work schedule, the number of hours they work or the location where they do their work, or to take leave from work to meet responsibilities outside of work. Flex work, as it is commonly known, plays an important role in addressing the realities of today’s workplace, society and economy (Employment and Social Development Canada, 2016). While some organizations provide a structured FWH in terms of the designated working hours’ options such adopted by PSD currently and others provide the FWA approach such as working from home, permanent part-time, flexible daily hours, telecommuting, compressed working hours as well as remote work station just to mention a few. There are various categories of employees opting for various form of flexibility. Kelliher & Anderson (2009) emphasised that flexible working policies are normally designed to give employees a degree of choice over how much, when and where they work and to help them achieve a more satisfying work-life balance. Furthermore, the term flexible working has been used in a broad sense to cover a range of working patterns, including reduced hours, non-standard hours, various forms of remote working and compressed working time (Kelliher and Anderson, 2009). Flexible work arrangements allow employees to alter, on a temporary or permanent basis, their work schedule, the number of hours they work or the location where they do their work, or to take leave from work to meet responsibilities outside of work