staggered hours
Britishplural noun
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The trucks can all come in at staggered hours.
As Alex Armlovich wrote of New York City earlier this year, “Imagine for a moment that we went back in time to 2019 and told the city’s leaders — beset with housing scarcity, a crowded transit system and extreme traffic congestion — that we would soon have technology that allows staggered hours and remote work to shrink rush hour travel by, say, 20%. Such a technology would have been welcomed with open arms.”
From Slate
It said that flexible working did not just mean working from home but also included job-sharing, flexitime or staggered hours.
From BBC
Protections might include things such as a private work space that is physically isolated from co-workers, staggered hours to reduce exposure to other people or a work-from-home arrangement.
From Scientific American
Many schools staggered hours for parents to drop off and pick up their children, and have adjusted lunch periods to lessen crowding.
From New York Times
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