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Table 2 summarized the respondents working background profile participated in the interview.Respondent Gender Type ofConsultancyFirmTable 2. Respondents Working Background ProfilesCurrentPosition inthe FirmYears ofWorkingExperienceNo. ofEmployees Inthe FirmLocation of FirmR1 M C&S Senior 20 years 51-200 Kuala LumpurEngineering EngineerR2 M Architect Assistant 5 years 14 PenangArchitectR3 M QS Principal 20 years 10 PenangR4 M QS Principal 35 years 13 SelangorR5 M Architect Director 17 years 12 SelangorR6 M M&E Senior 12 years 23 Kuala LumpurEngineering EngineerTable 3 showed the company current working practice and application of flexitime. Furthermore, therespondents have been asked whether their company allow for Flexitime or any other flexible workingarrangements. All respondents said their firm do not implement Flexitime or any FWAs except for R5. R5mentioned that the firm do implement flexible working arrangement where the employees are given the flexitime to arrive at the office up until 9:00 am and if their working hours per day does not fulfil the requirementset up by the firm, they can replace it by working additional hours during the other working days or replace itduring the weekend.Table 3. Summary of Respondents Company’s Current Working PracticeQuestion R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6Company’s 8:30 am – 9:00am– 9:00am– 8:30 am – 8:15am– 9:00am–current working 5:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:15 pm 5:00 pmpracticeChallenges of Implementing Flexible Working Hours Faced by EmployersThere are four (4) challenges faced by employers when it comes to executing flexible working hours intheir firms.Construction Industry’s Working CultureFour out of six respondents agreed that construction industry’s working culture that promotes long workinghours is among the challenges for employers to implement Flexitime. R1 stated that every job given has a timeframe for them to get it completed and he is also in the opinion that even if Flexitime is implemented in thecompany, the employees will not be able to work flexibly and enjoy the flexi hour because of the work naturewhere they have to attend meetings, go for site visit and many more. R2 and R6 are in the same opinion as R1.ISrJ Vol. 11 - 2022, Session 2022/2023 18
R2 agreed that construction long working hours is a challenge to implement Flexitime while R4 disagreed.However, both respondents stated that to implement Flexitime, it shall depend on the employees’ job scopes.R2 further elaborate that those who are more on the administrative division, a fixed normal working hours isbetter but if the employees works on project based then Flexitime is more appropriate for them and this is whatR4 has also highlighted however if they are at the executive level maybe it is a mixed of Flexitime and standardworking hours because they need to be in the office sometimes so that they can answer calls and other peoplecan reach them easily.Both R3 and R5 agree that the construction industry has a hectic deadline and promotes long workinghours but R5 does not view it is as a challenge for firms to implement Flexitime contrary to R3. R3 has providedan example that QS should prepare a payment certificate where they only have 14 days to issue it once theevaluation is complete. So, employees have to work within those 14 days whether they like it or not becauseif they do not issue it within the specified time then it is a breach of contract, which is why R3 found it difficultto implement Flexitime.Although R3 and R5 has different opinion on the challenge but both respondents believed in proper timemanagement, great discipline in carrying out tasks during office hours and smart prioritizing different tasks,Flexitime may or may not need to be implemented.Van Wanrooy et al (2013) stated that employers are reluctant to implement flexitime due to the workingculture such as long working hours and availability of employees where it is crucial in most businesses. Sixtysixpercent (66%) of the respondents agreed that construction industry’s working culture is one of thechallenges for them to apply flexitime in their firm. Most of the respondents said this is because of theconstruction work nature where employees must attend meetings with the client and other constructionplayers, go to site visit and such therefore availability of employees is crucial. Additionally, employees orprofessionals in construction industry has their own roles and responsibilities that they must carry out andcomplete it within the time frame given. Due to that, employees sometimes must work for long working hoursto get their tasks completed.Employers Have No Control Over EmployeesDownes & Koekemoer (2011) discussed that managers had witnessed employees abusing the flexibleworking hours given to them and the managers were unable to control them and based on the analysis of theinterviews, four respondents agreed that among the challenges of implementing flexible working hours facedby employers is when they do not have control over their employees. One of their main worries is that theiremployees might misuse the Flexitime given to them meanwhile the employers would have no idea that theiremployees are violating the Flexitime as they have no proper system to track their employees whereabouts.R3 added that as an employer himself, he is not in the office for most of the time therefore it is quite difficultfor him to keep track to his employees at each hour and since his firm is only a small organization, he isISrJ Vol. 11 - 2022, Session 2022/2023 19
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