The end of 9 to 5

The traditional eight-hour workday may soon be the exception rather than the rule. New evidence shows that we’re reaching a tipping point in terms of workplace flexibility , with businesses seeing the wisdom of allowing employees — young employees especially — to work odd hours, telecommute, and otherwise tweak the usual 9-to-5 grind.

One of the top 12 trends for 2012 as named by the communications firm Euro RSCG Worldwide is that employees in the Gen-Y or “millennial” demographic — those born between roughly 1982 and 1993 — are overturning the traditi onal workday.

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