flextime

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flex·time

(flĕks′tīm′)

An arrangement by which employees may set their own work schedules, especially their starting and finishing hours. Also called flexitime.

[flex(ible) time.]

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flex•time

(ˈflɛksˌtaɪm)

also flex•i•time

(ˈflɛk sɪ-)

n.

a system that allows an employee to choose the hours for starting and leaving work.

[1970–75]

flex′tim`er, n.

Translations

pohyblivá pracovná doba

flex(i)time

n → Gleitzeit f

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