Britain Plans Ultra-Flexible Work System
London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – The British coalition government is planning to change labor rules that would lead to an ultra-flexible work system in which Britons could work for as few as two hours a week.
Welfare Ministers Lord Freud and Maria Miller said the changes are expected to benefit residents who could not offer the usual eight hours of work per day or even part-time employment.
The concept of slivers of time was established by former British Broadcasting Corporation producer Wingham Rowan for parents who have young children, disabled workers, someone who has to take care of a dependent adult or a person who has long been out of work and wants to get back into the labor scene slowly.
The concept would be part of the new universal credit under the welfare reforms announced last week by Works and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith. Laws, however, would have to be changed because the lesser working hours would have an effect on how benefits would be cut once a resident’s income has reached a particular level.
For instance, the “earnings disregard” benchmark for single parents is at $7,500 (5,000 pounds), which ministers want to be increased to $11,250 (7,500 pounds).
While the government is contemplating on the slivers of work scheme, major British retailer Tesco offered the concept to employees who want to earn extra during the holiday season, but could not afford to add four extra hours to their regular shift.
The Tesco offer, which the company had been testing for a year, is the firm’s response to changing shopping patterns. Tesco will formally launch the program Monday.
So far, 10,000 workers out of 340,000 U.K. Tesco employees spread in 2,500 stores had signed up for the scheme.
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