flexible workforce

• multi skilling -This means having a workforce that can be moved around from one job to another
• Multiskilling advantages- Less staff are needed, those that are employed are used to capacity not standing around
• multiskilling disadvantages- •Businesses lose the benefits of having specialist staff
• full time work- There is no specific number of hours that makes someone full or part-time, but a full-time worker will usually work 35 hours or more a week
• Full time work advantages- |

  May be more highly paid per hour than part-time

  Access to more holiday entitlement
• disadvantages of full time work-Less flexible than part-timers, no-one to cover late nights and weekends
• •A part-time worker is someone who works fewer hours than a full-time worker.
• part time advantages-

  Part-time jobs attract a wide pool of applicants with experience and skills who might not want a full-time job

  Flexible to respond to seasonal changes in demand
• part time disadvantages-

  Employee may work more than one job which would make them inflexible

  Employee might leave if they find a full-time job
• •A temporary (temp) job is one where the employer only needs extra staff to cover a seasonal period
• temporary work advantages-

  •Ideal for a business that needs extra workers for a special project

  •Useful to meet seasonal demands, and work fluctuations
• temporary work disadvantages •Agency staff may be expensive but it may be cheaper than hiring permanent staff
• •A permanent contract is the most common type of employment, an indefinite contract whereby you are employed by the company until either the employee leaves is fired or made redundant
• permanent work advantages- •Higher staff morale as they know they have a secure job
• • permeant work disadvantages- Permanent staff can develop negative attitudes to work, or get involved in office politics and so may become lazy,
• flexible hours- Flexible working is a way of working that suits an employee’s needs
• flexible hours advantages- From a business perspective flexible working can keep valuable staff from leaving and can also cover busy periods
• flexible hours disadvantages- •Can sometimes confuse suppliers or customers who may want to speak to the same member of staff
• Zeros hours contracts means that employees are “on call” to work when you need them, but they have no fixed hours of employment
• zero hour advantages- üGreat for a business where work can be unpredictable
• zero hour disadvantages- £Employees might not give the business the commitment and loyalty that a full-time worker would
• home working
• outsourcing- business outsources tasks to external business this is good as they don't need to invest in training