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Flexible working schemes, Annualised Hours schemes and net hour contract schemes deliver benefit not only for the employer, but for the employee too. Finding the scheme that is right for both your business and your employees can be defined through WorkPlace’s structured Methodology that is inclusive and consultative, ensuring a smooth transition and high levels of acceptance from all. WorkPlace has successfully delivered modern, innovative working hours schemes in some of the most inflexible, strongly unionised environments.

WorkPlace has experience in designing and creating a wide range of flexible working schemes including Baseline Flexing, Net Contract and Annualised Hours schemes; schemes that are appropriate in today's labour market and suitable for your business issues. Most importantly, WorkPlace can develop a Change Management and Implementation Programme that assures a smooth adoption and execution.

The objective of an Annualised Hours scheme is to match staff against work over an extended period. Most businesses will have a changing demand for work throughout the year (seasonality) and redistributing resources in line with peaks and troughs can increase the efficiency of the business and save wage costs.

Benefits of Annualised Hours scheme for employers include;

• Staff resources aligned to demand
• Staff cost are known in advanced and controllable
• Improve the working culture – less absence
• Improve the flexibility of the workforce
• Better customer service/product availability

Benefits of Annualised Hours scheme for employees include;

• Salaries become a regular monthly amount
• More flexibility of working times and ability to swap
• Additional training and up-skilling can take place
• Ability to win reserved hours
• Increase in base salary and/or pension can occur

Annualised Hours do need to comply with the Working Time Directive.

WorkPlace has experience of implementing Annualised Hours schemes and our initial consultancy will investigate the suitability and the impact on the operational structure of the business.

Once an Annualised Hours scheme is agreed and implemented, there is a need to manage, monitor and report on attendance. WorkPlace provides a number of different options to achieve this.