2001 Workers on Flexible and Shift Schedules — 2002-04-18

In May 2001, about 29 million full-time wage and salary workers had flexible work schedules that allowed them to vary the time they began or ended work, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The proportion of workers with such schedules was 28.8 percent, slightly higher than the figure of 27.6 percent recorded when the data were last collected in May 1997 and nearly double the proportion 10 years earlier. (See table A.) These findings were obtained from a supplement to the May 2001 Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is the monthly household survey that provides information on national employment and unemployment. In May 2001, the survey also collected information about flexible schedules, shift work, and other related topics. The data presented in this release pertain to wage and salary workers who usually worked full time (35 or more hours per week) on their main job.