Working pattern grid

Working Pattern	What does this mean?	Who works like this?	Pros	Cons
Shift	Shift refers to employers considering the workday as 24 hours and designing work in shifts to cover that time period.	Law enforcement, military, security, healthcare, retail, restaurants, hospitality, media.	Flexible schedule.	Daytime sleepiness.
Fixed term	Describes an investment vehicle, usually some kind of debt instrument, that has a fixed time period of investment.	Make-up artist.	Same pay and conditions.	Protection against unfair dismissal.
Office Hours	Working for 9am – 5pm.	Accountants	Good pay and easily transferable	Physically and mentally draining.
Freelance	Someone who is self-employed.	Journalists	Work on numerous projects	You have to manage yourself
Irregular patterns	Employees described as ‘’casual’’	Directors, editors	Paid extra	Exhaustion
Hourly rates	Sets minimum hourly rates that employers must pay their workers.	Office admin, photographers	Cost of actual time you work.	Could make you lazy.
Piece work	Paid for each unit produced or action performed.	Writers.	Motivation.	Overwork and isolation.

           

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