![]() ![]() Today’s time-crunched families would benefit greatly from more work-hour flexibility (the ability of employees to adjust the length or timing of their work week), and less work-schedule volatility (the degree to which the length or schedule of work hours varies unpredictably at the employer’s discretion). A major first step toward creating a more family-friendly workplace would be to foster more flexibility and less volatility in the timing of work hours. ![]() The scheduling and distribution of work hours has always been an important family issue, but it is becoming increasingly so as the number of dual-earner households, family annual hours of work, and employment-to-population ratios all climb to record levels. But 4.9% of the labor force was unemployed in 1997 and an additional 4.0% were underemployed (i.e., wanted to work but had stopped looking or were employed part time but wanted full-time work). In 1998, 46% of workers spent more than 40 hours per week on the job, with 18% working more than 50 hours. workforce are working fewer hours than they would like. While overemployment-working more hours than preferred at a current job and pay level-appears to be growing, some segments of the U.S. The current economic expansion has gone far to remedy many stubborn labor market problems, but it actually may be exacerbating the maldistribution of work hours. workers surrender to get greater flexibility in work schedules ![]()
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