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THE MODIFIED WORK WEEK IS HERE

With the official blessing of the Board
of Industrial Relations and of the
Douglas College Staff Association, ten
groups of employees launched into a
trial implementation of a Modified Work
Week on 1 October.

The Modified Work Week is a fairly new
innovation in business, industry,
education and government services. It
probably surprises no one to read that
Douglas College is among the very first
to implement a Modified Work Week in
the local education scene.

Nine of the ten modifications entail a
shortening of the basic work week in
which the employees involved agree to
work more than the standard 7 hours per
day. In exchange they work less than

5 days each week. In some of the
instances it means a 4-day week with

a 3-day weekend every week. In others,
it takes the form of working 5 days

one week and 4 the next, with a long
weekend every other weekend. Only one
group has attempted the more novel and
possibly even more interesting Flexible
Work Week in which without exceeding the
actual number of "required" working
hours per month, the employees among
themselves and in conjunction with
their Supervisor, decide exactly how
many hours they will work each specific
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Modified Work Weeks are in progress
in the following areas:

Surrey Library
Engineering Science (Departmental Steno)
Fine Arts (Departmental Steno and

Clerk Typist)
Student Development - Richmond Campus
Student Development - New Westminster Campvu
Admissions - Richmond Campus
Admissions - Surrey (Receptionist and

Educational Planner)

Planning Office (Steno)
Accounting (Clerical Staff).
Personnel (Clerical Staff)

These trials will continue for six months
during which time the advantages, dis-
advantages, points good and bad, will be
evaluated by the employees, the Douglas
College Staff Association and this

office to see what, if any, advantages
there are to the employees and the College
in establishing the Modified Work Week
as a permanent feature at the College.

If you, as either a participant, or as a
"client" of one of the Departments
involved have any comments, suggestions
or questions about the trial, you are
invited to. forward them to this office
or to the Douglas College Staff Associa-
tion.

This summer the Richmind Campus Library
and the New Westminster Campus Library
tried a l-month implementation of Modi-
fied Work Weeks. The results, though
mixeded, were generally favourable and
we are looking forward to seeing the
results of trials spread over a longer
period when the College is in full
operation.

This effort will probably involve almost
everyone in the College either as a
participant or as someone who must come
in contact with a Department/Division
which is on a Modified Work Week. We
would very much value your reaction to
the trial. We would also be pleased to
give you any additional information you
may wish about this idea at either the
specific or general level.

Nem Sate
Supervisor, Personnel Administrat