Flexible employment and labour remuneration: A study of the features of choosing alternative work formats

Abstract

The article reveals the key aspects of the formation of individual preferences regarding alternative formats of organizing working time as opposed to the classical scheme of a 40-hour work week with a five-day work schedule and mandatory presence at the workplace, and also shows their dependence on the issues of maintaining or reducing the current level of labour remuneration. The work employed general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, a system method, and factor analysis to interpret the results, which enabled to study the influence of various factors on decision-making regarding the choice between modern work formats. The study concluded that the age factor is the determining factor when choosing a flexible employment model with reduced wages. It is argued that there is a clear correlation between the employee’s age and his readiness for such working conditions. The results obtained may indicate that the introduction of various flexible employment formats requires an individual approach to different categories of employees and consideration of their specific preferences in the organization of working hours.