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Auction sites are where you sell spare items. Get ready for online marketplaces where anyone can sell spare hours, on their own terms, to multiple employers.
A new form of employmentYou have 2 hours spare this evening? Do you want to work for a vetted local employer? You’re a company needing extra people for just 90 minutes in an hour’s time? Why not buy the time of individuals who want to work that way? This kind of marketplace is now being established in local economies across the UK.
A new kind of website is making this way of working simple,safe and enticing. Sites are operated by recruitment agencies and job-brokerages with full protection for all concerned. The behind-the-scenes technology required is only now viable. Britain leads the world in its development.
The UK wants Slivers-of-Time WorkingGovernment commissioned research shows 13.7m people in Britain needing to work this way at some point each year. 68% of them want to try it immediately with 74% of those preferring it to a conventional part-time or temporary job even if such an option was available. |
Who needs a marketplace for Slivers-of-Time?
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Good for communities
Increased access to work is the answer to many social problems. Selling Slivers-of-Time is not for everyone. But it can be an attractive route for those who want to interact with the labour market in their own step-by-step way.
Piloted in East London, spreading through the UKThe world’s first true Slivers-of-Time marketplace was launched in East London in 2005 funded by the Office of Deputy Prime Minister (now the DCLG). Going forward with funding from UnLtd and the private sector, markets are now being launched by Local Authorities, NDC’s (New Deal for Communities projects), Social Enterprises and other bodies across the UK.Apart from Central Government, Slivers-of-Time Working has been promoted by IDE&A, SIGOMA, SOLACE and the TUC.
I like this. What do I do now?
This site provides full details of how to get a Slivers-of-Time marketplace of the ground in your area and the background to this exciting new opportunity for so many people.
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"Slivers of Time", "Slivers", the clock device, "NEMs" and "My Terms" are registered trademarks.
The technology described is covered by multiple international patents pending.

