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..
Shift work occurs in a work schedule that utilizes 24 hours a day and occasionally, 7 days a week, to keep an organization operating. Shift work occurs whenever 24-hour coverage is necessary or when a 24 hour day optimizes work output and productivity. Many approaches to shift work exist and each shift work schedule has challenges. Employees may work 8 hours during a day that features three 8 hour shifts. Or, they may work twelve hours a day for 4 days with the next 4 days off. Employers have experimented with every conceivable form of shift work in their efforts to maximize the potential of their operation.