Question

The human resource department of Revlay Corp, wants to improve worker motivation, so it is investigating changes to job design. The department invites employees to suggest ideas related to scheduling. One of the most popular is a schedule in which full-time workers complete their weekly hours in fewer than five days. For example, instead of working eight hours a day for five days, the employees could complete 40 hours of work in four 10-hour days. Staffers in the HR department recognize the idea as being the flexible work arrangement known as ________.

Answer 1

Answer: Compressed workweek

Explanation: Compressed work-week is the situation that occurs by compression of the work schedule so that the working hours can remain similar per week , just the traditional number of working days is reduced in a week.

The situation mentioned in the question states about the compressed work week situation in which employees want to work in fours days a week (working 10 hours a day) rather than working the usual 5 days a week(8 hours a day).Therefore, the number of working days become less and working hours remain same.