Abstract
The expression 'flexibility in the workplace' usually describes the possibility for firms to hire and fire employees, to adapt the workforce to the needs of production so as to achieve a better productivity. First associated with the American economy, the notion is nowadays extended to most developed countries. According to the notion, flexibility is usually not implemented by choice, but rather like a kind of protection against competition. It seems so, that flexibility belongs to the current economy, that it involves more people and that it has become a real, surely inflexible phenomenon. However, the question 'Is flexibility in the workplace flexible?' suggests that flexibility could be malleable, for instance in time, in place, or in nature.
