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Flextime / Flexible Work Schedules

Flextime refers to a work schedule that permits flexible work times but requires a standard number of hours to be worked.

Women-Work.com: Alternative work arrangements such as job share, flex time, telecommuting and part-time work.

Businesses that provide flextime/flexible work schedules:

DuPont U. S. is a science company that delivers science-based solutions in diversified markets, and has 83,000 employees. It offers flexible work practices, a database of emergency/backup care options when normal arrangements break down, either for elder care or child care needs. Internal Work/Life Committees have examined issues ranging from child care for shift workers to excused time off policies to cover family emergencies.

Fannie Mae Mortgage Services is a housing finance system with 4,455 employees. It offers emergency child center, child care vouchers and flexible work options.

General Motors is a vehicle manufacturer with about 362,000employees. It offers child care and elder care resource and referral services, dependent care leave, and flextime.

Hewlett-Packard is a supplier of measurement, computation and communication products and services and has 88,000 employees worldwide. It offers flexible time off, flexible work arrangements and company dependent care reimbursement accounts.

Hoffmann-La Roche is an international health care company with 66,000 employees. It offers flexible work options, including flextime, part time and job sharing.

Household International is a consumer financial services organization with 30,000 employees. It offers part-time, flextime, telecommuting, job sharing, compressed-work-week opportunities and family leave.

Johnson & Johnson Balancing Family and Work is a manufacturer of a broad range of products in the health care field, employing approximately 101,800 people worldwide. The company offers flexible leave policy for family care matters, resource and referral programs for child care and elder care services, and adoption benefits.

Lincoln Financial Group is a provider of financial services . The company offers child care and elder care information and referral and alternative work schedules.

Prudential Financial is a financial services company with over 5,000 employees nationwide. The company offers on-site and near-site child care centers, child care referrals, discounts through national child care providers, and flexible work arrangements.

Texas Instruments is a digital signal processing and analog technology manufacturer. The company has more than 35,400 employees worldwide. It offers flexible work arrangements, resource information and referral services for child care, adoption, and elder care, new mothers rooms for nursing mothers in all major facilities and a on-line parent network for employees to share information on issues related to children and parenting.