4-eight hour workday shifts/ week
As ASU is #1 in Innovation, ASU could really show the country and the world how we innovate work life balance by making full time 32 hours/week with 4 8-hour days. Many positions do not allow work from home or ability to take shorter lunches or come in earlier to leave earlier (especially in health services for non-provider staff). If ASU feels 5 days/week are needed to serve students (Monday-Friday, 8am - 5pm), staff can be flexed to work different 4-day blocks (half staff work Monday- Thursday shifts and half staff work Tuesday- Friday shift). Each shift would be 8 hours (for the new full FTE being 32 hours). There will be several days when ALL staff overlap for meetings (like on Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays). Many staff cannot work 4-ten hour shifts (as stated in the ASU regulations as an alternate to Monday-Friday eight hour days) due child care challenges and challenge keeping up quality work when doing face to face customer/healthcare services for such long shifts (very draining with face-to-face services in particular). We are seeing companies allowing employees to work 4-eight hour shifts (with same pay). Companies have reported improved productively, less employee attrition, increased employee happiness on the job.
Resolution/Notes
Thank you for sharing your ideas about work-life balance at ASU. At ASU, we are committed to fostering a flexible and supportive work culture. We currently offer benefits such as flexible work arrangements, vacation balances, flexible leave time and options for alternative schedules, where feasible. These benefits are part of our ongoing efforts to promote work-life balance for all employees. As the #1 institution in innovation, we are continuously evaluating ways to offer more flexibility while maintaining high levels of service and support to our students. The Office of Human Resources thanks you for your suggestion.