Rainbow City compared to Alabama state average: 1  Unemployed percentage significantly below state average. 2  Black race population percentage significantly below state average. 3  Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average. 4  Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
A flexible work schedule is an alternative to the traditional 9 to 5, 40-hour work week. It allows employees to vary their arrival and/or departure times. Under some policies, employees must work a prescribed number of hours a pay period and be present during a daily core time..
A normal work shift is generally considered to be a work period of no more than eight consecutive hours during the day, five days a week with at least an eight-hour rest. Any shift that incorporates more continuous hours, requires more consecutive days of work, or requires work during the evening should be considered extended or unusual.