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..
An agency may implement for its employees an alternative work schedule (AWS) instead of traditional fixed work schedules (e.g., 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week). Within rules established by the agency, AWS can enable employees to have work schedules that help the employee balance work and family responsibilities.