NON-TRADITIONAL WORK HOURS IMPROVE EMPLOYEE MORALE AND INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY Prepared for Mr. Robert Pigg, President Lakedale Manufacturing 1 Desert Storm Drive Niceville, FL 33870 Prepared by Lakedale Human Resources Department Manufacturing 320 Ardennes Street Arabia, NC 28357 Lakedale Manufacturing Human Resource Department 320 Ardennes Street Arabia, NC 28357 Mr. Robert Pigg, President Lakedale Manufacturing 1 Desert Storm Drive Niceville, FL 33870 Dear Mr. Pigg: This is the productivity study report and morale regarding the work hours you asked us to conduct. As you will see, we have made recommendations to support the benefits of flexible work schedules, which will increase productivity and morale in the workplace. This office is confident that you will see the benefits of flexible work schedules at the Lakedale, North Carolina manufacturing facility. We truly appreciate the opportunity you have given this office to conduct a study of this magnitude. If you require additional information regarding this report or to implement our recommendations, please call us. Sincerely, Gary Gobble Manager, Human Resources Department Laws and Regulations Policies and Procedures When it comes to laws and regulations, we must keep in mind that the relationship between an employee and the organization is contractual in nature. The employee and the organization must agree on the terms that will govern their relationship. This agreement is concluded the moment the employee is hired for a certain position. Any changes or modifications to the original agreement must be agreed to by the employee and the organization. The laws and regulations that govern the contractual relationship come from several different sources and impose constraints on the relationship. These may be statutory federal laws or state and local laws that supplement those found at the federal level. The constraints placed on the relationship are necessary. They seek to ensure a balance of power in the relationship and provide specific protections to both the employee and the organization. To date, Lakedale Manufacturing complies with all federal, state and local laws. Currently, the only legislation that imposes rights to alternative work time options is the Federal Part-Time Career Employment Act of 1978. This law made work hours reduced. options available... middle of paper ...... what skills and work on different tasks? Do you need a specific schedule? Would you be available for overtime if necessary? TIME REPORTS After selecting the shifts, we need to define how we will record the hours worked by those shifts. How can we simplify the documentation process without having a mountain of paperwork? Since we already use Excel, we can design a flex time spreadsheet template to track the hours worked by each employee. We can also purchase the software from IT Resource Services. IT Resource Services offers this software in Mac or PC format. This spreadsheet automates all the tedious calculations needed to track actual daily working time and the rest of the accrued time under the flexitime system. The spreadsheet can be printed at the end of each flexible schedule reporting period to submit as an official report to Personnel Services. RECOMMENDATION To promote these family-friendly programs, I recommend that we facilitate the teamwork project. I also recommend that we start surveying our employees. To save time and hours of..