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flextime

[ fleks-tahym ]

noun

  1. a system of working that allows an employee to choose, within limits, the hours for starting and leaving work each day.


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Other Words From

  • flextimer flexi·timer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flextime1

First recorded in 1970–75; flex 2 + time
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Example Sentences

I really strive to lead an inclusive team where everyone’s opinions are heard, and there is ample flextime for personal business.

Men need to be transparent at work about family responsibilities, including taking full parental leave, sick leave and requesting flextime arrangements that support their partner’s career and household demands.

One reason why employees take remote jobs is their bosses give them flextime; they can make their own hours, take time off for children’s activities or to go to the gym or walk the dog.

If he had any reservations listening to me explain how flextime was a necessity while I bounced Sasha on my lap, hoping all the while that her diaper wouldn’t leak, he didn’t express them.

Managers distrust women who ask for flextime; women who show anger are less trusted than their male counterparts; and people think the more makeup a woman wears, the less trustworthy she is.

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