Meeting Fairness Score™
A practical decision-support measure for comparing the human impact of international meeting times.
What the score represents
The score runs from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate that a proposed time fits more participants’ stated working preferences with less severe or uneven inconvenience. It is not a universal or objective definition of fairness.
Signals considered
HourBridge distinguishes preferred working hours, acceptable hours and unreasonable hours. It also considers meeting duration, weekends, local daylight-saving rules and participant preferences. The authoritative meeting instant is stored in UTC and converted through canonical IANA time zones.
Recurring meetings and rotation
A time that looks acceptable once can become unfair when repeated. Rotation recommendations aim to distribute early-morning and evening burden instead of assigning it permanently to one region.
Use the score with judgement
Health, caring responsibilities, religious observance, contractual hours and individual circumstances may matter more than a numerical score. Teams should discuss those needs and treat HourBridge as decision support.
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