| Summary: | The economic expansion of the 1990s has led to the growing popularity of flexible working schedules. In the May 1997 Current Population Survey, more than 27 percent of full-time wage and salary workers reported that they had some flexibility with regard to when they started or finished work, more than double the rate reported in 1985. Workers tend to view flexible work scheduling as a valuable means of easing pressures and conflicts associated with trying to execute work and nonwork responsibilities, and employers are likely to be using flexible scheduling as a way of recruiting and retaining employees and for increasing job satisfaction and labor productivity. The growing demand for flexible work schedules still seems to exceed the supply offered by employers, however. Moreover, workers engaging in flexible scheduling practices sometimes have to increase their hours significantly, work evening shifts, or change status or occupation.
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