Longer Days, Better Balance: - Presented To - Sir Shakoor Razvi Presented by

Longer days , better balance
• Presented to
• Sir Shakoor Razvi
Presented by
– Zeeshan qasim 093183
– Jabbar ul hassan 093206
– Amir shaheen 083102
– Saima kauser 092517
1.How successful does the changed
roster at TunnelCorp appear to have
been?
•After Consultation with both waged and salaried staff
,Management team devised a Changed Roster.
•Rather than the existing six-day working week, The site was
going to work more hours on Monday to Friday and be closed
for both Saturday and Sunday.
•Waged workers overtime work would be the same ,Its just that
employees would start 30 mins earlier and work 30 mins later
five days a week.
•Through this compressed working week all employees were
taking home the same pay as before, all were working similar
hours every week, but all employees had a ‘real’ week end.
1.How successful ……..at TunnelCorp have
been? Cont’d…………
• Although not every one was completely thrilled about the
change but many Employees reported that they have more
time to enjoy with family and friends and recover from hard
working week.
• Complains about reporting earlier and staying late at work
has been raised.
• Secondly the WLB policy doesn’t consider the different needs
and preferences of all employees. With the two broad
categories of waged and salaried staff members, each
member would have their own preferences.
Q2.Could the Tunnel Corp workplace be
held up as a model for providing
employees with a good work-life Balance?
With few complains and grumblings ,The Tunnel Corp
compressed working week can be taken as a good effort to
maintain a work life balance.
IT cater both needs of employees:
• Less Work, Overtime work option, more income
• Less Work, Overtime work option, more and 2 days rest
•oddness of this WLB policy is it doesn’t address the needs of
both types of employees (salaried and Waged workers).
•Remuneration system is structured in such a way that a policy
that benefits one group (few hours for salaried staff) has a
negative impact on other group (income for waged staff).
Q3.What roster system could TunnelCorp
managers devise that would satisfy the
preferences for waged and salaried staff
alike?
• The nature of work is such that it forms a strong cohort between
salaried staff and waged workers
• much of the work of site engineers requires the skilled and unskilled
laborers to be present to discuss exactly what needs to be done,
when it must occur, and where the work must be done. waged staff
members such as concreters may know how to finish concrete, but
they require the strict presence of surveyors and engineers to
determine exactly what mixture of concrete is required and exactly
where the road must be laid. There are countless examples of the
complex of wage and salary earning staff at each stage of a
construction project. Hence we cant say that this system is not
impacting negatively to one group and positively to other.
Q.4 if there were more women working in construction
industry , how might the pressures on management be
different?
• If there were more women working in construction
industry management must has keep in view that women
has ,many responsibilities at home. So they have to
leave early.
• They can not work for longer hours as male employees

can do.
• It will be difficult for the management to offer two days

weekend for women and give them option for working
long hours.
Cont’d…
• Women will definitely think for other options and
can not accept for long hours work policy.
• Hence the shortage of labor will be increased as

well as the pressure on management to think
new ways to satisfy employees.
Q.5 what would be better for employees, working
more or fewer hours in a working week?
• There are two groups working in the organization that is

salaried and hourly wage employees.
• These groups can not work without the assistance of
other group.
• Before introducing new policy waged employees gets
salary depends on the working hours.
• Salaried employees get the fixed salary whether they
work for 7 or 12 hours.
• So working so long hours results in imbalance in work
life and social life.
Cont’d…
• After implementing new policy of two days weekend majority of
waged employees feel satisfaction for the reason they can give
more time to friends and family and earn the same money as they
are earning before.
• So despite working six days a week for so long hours it is better for
employees to work for five days and gets two days weekend.
• In this policy fixed salary employees also have to work for long
hours and there will be no distinction between fixed and salaried
employees.
Q.6 what would be better for employer, having
their employees work more or fewer hours in a
working week?
• Recruitment and retention of employees is a major
problem for the organization. they need staff of 220
people but currently they are having 110 employees.
• Employer wants the best out of employee without

considering that they are working so long or fewer hours
• Employee must be putting his best effort to generate

effective and productive output.
Cont’d…
• This is only possible when employee feel
satisfaction through offering them two days
weekend so they can keep balance in their work
and social life .
• So fewer or longer hours doesn’t matter the

major issue that employer has to consider is
maximum productivity and creativity of
employee.

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Longer days , better balance

• They can not work for longer hours as male employees

• It will be difficult for the management to offer two days

• Hence the shortage of labor will be increased as

• There are two groups working in the organization that is

• Employer wants the best out of employee without

• Employee must be putting his best effort to generate

• So fewer or longer hours doesn’t matter the

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