フレックス制(せい)

ふれっくすせい
noun
flextime; flexible working hours system
workbusiness
1. flextime system; flexible working hours
a work arrangement that allows employees to choose their start and end times within certain limits
フレックス制(せい)を導入(どうにゅう)する。
Introduce a flextime system.
フレックス制(せい)なので出社時間(しゅっしゃじかん)は自由(じゆう)だ。
Since we have flextime, I can come to work whenever I want.
Thanks to flextime, I can drop off and pick up my children.

Forms

Short for フレックスタイム制(せい) (also フレックスタイム制度(せいど)).

Usage

Most systems set a コアタイム (core hours, such as 10:00–15:00) when everyone must be at work, with フレキシブルタイム around it, and a total number of hours to work each month.

Similar words

  • 時差出勤(じさしゅっきん) - staggered hours: a shifted but fixed schedule
  • 裁量労働制(さいりょうろうどうせい) - discretionary work: pay is based on deemed hours, not hours worked

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