Campaign leaders back flexible hours.Byline: Helen Logan The leaders of the Go For Jobs campaign yesterday threw their weight behind a drive to end the North-east's nine to five culture. The North East Chamber of Commerce has pledged to put its money where its mouth is by devising a flexible working policy for its staff in support of the regional Work Wise initiative. And NECC NECC National Educational Computing Conference NECC Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (Norfolk, VA) NECC Net-Enabled Command Capability NECC Northeast Mississippi Community College NECC North Equatorial Counter Current chief executive James Ramsbotham described the move as a "logical extension" of Go For Jobs, which aims to stop fears about congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. damaging the North-east economy. Getting fewer people commuting to and from work at rush hour will ease the pressure which has led to business developments close to major roads being blocked, NECC said. Work Wise North-East aims to make employment in the region more flexible, through methods such as home working, job sharing job sharing Noun an arrangement by which a job is shared by two part-time workers job sharing job n → Jobsharing nt, Arbeitsplatzteilung f and flexi-time. Backers believe it will boost business productivity, improve workers' lifestyles, ease transport problems and benefit the environment. Mr Ramsbotham said: "NECC is firmly committed to being among the best employers in the UK. "We already provide a tremendous range of services and benefits to our staff and have the technology to provide flexible working. "Work Wise is not just about better staff practices, it is also about better business. "We see tremendous benefits for the customer service we provide to our 4,400 members by adopting these new practices. "We see it as a logical extension to the Go For Jobs campaign which aims to keep the region's transport network free-flowing. "This is about showing Government the way it should be done and hoping it will follow," he added. NECC, which employs 250 staff, also aims to encourage more businesses to follow its lead. A series of other business organisations have also backed the Work Wise North-East initiative, along with the TUC TUC (in Britain and South Africa) Trades Union Congress TUC n abbr (BRIT) (= Trades Union Congress) → federación nacional de sindicatos TUC n abbr (Brit) (= , Government Office North East and regional development agency One NorthEast. Phil Flaxton, chief executive of Work Wise UK, said: "Smarter working is an answer to many of the issues facing the economy today. "While smarter working improves productivity and enhances the working environment, it also reduces the need to travel and staggers staggers /stag·gers/ (stag´erz) a form of vertigo occurring in decompression sickness. staggers incoordination of any kind, including a tendency to fall, and recumbency if harassed. the rush hour. "Even a small change in working practices across the North-east will see a marked fall in congestion, and a significant impact on emission levels." |
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