July 05, 2005 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Flexible work schedules in 2004
In May 2004, over 27 million full-time wage and salary workers had
flexible work schedules that allowed them to vary the time they began or
ended work. These workers were 27.5 percent of all full-time wage and
salary workers, down from 28.6 percent in May 2001.
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In May 2004, men were somewhat more likely to have flexible schedules
than women (28.1 and 26.7 percent, respectively).
Flexible schedules were more common among white (28.7 percent) and Asian
(27.4 percent) than among black (19.7 percent) or Hispanic or Latino
workers (18.4 percent).
These data are a product of the May 2004 supplement to the Current Population
Survey. Learn more about flexible work schedules in "Workers on Flexible and Shift Schedules in May
2004," USDL news release 05-1198.
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