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Workplace Flexibility

With the U.S. business community facing the growing problems of attracting and retaining qualified workers, flexible work strategies continue to provide a solution that benefits employees and contributes to long-term business success.

Yet despite the proven benefits of flexible work strategies, there remains the opportunity to continue to demonstrate to senior management that flexibility should be viewed as more than an accommodation that only helps individual employees. Businesses need to look at flexibility as a driver of financial performance and long-term success.

For a one page overview of Corporate Voices' work on workplace flexibility, please click on the PDF link below.

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Workplace Flexibility Toolkits for Hourly Employees and Managers


  

  

    
 











Tips and Tools for Managers (2010): Click the "Download File" link below for the comprehensive guide for implementing flexibility programs with an hourly and nonexempt workforce.  To access an individual worksheet, please click one of the worksheet links below. 


Worksheet: Tips For Creating A Flexible Work Environment


Worksheet: Tips For Managing A Dispersed Team

  

  

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Workplace Flexibility Recommendations (June 2009)


  

  

    
These are the recommendations submitted by Corporate Voices to the Senate Staff Working Group on Workplace Flexibility in June 2009. 

  

  

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Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers (May 2009)


  

  

    
This study examines the benefits of workplace flexibility for hourly workers and employers. The data for this comprehensive report highlights best practices for implementing innovative flexibility programs. Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers was researched and written by WFD Consulting and was supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

  

  

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Executive Summary: Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers (May 2009)


  

  

    
Exectutive Summary of the comprehensive Corporate Voices study on workplace flexibility options for hourly workers. 

  

  

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Flexible Work Strategies: Attitudes & Experiences (March 2008)


  

  

    
The goal of this research was to gain insight into the views of senior-level executives regarding why flexible work strategies are used and what kind of an effect they can have on companies’ productivity. This is the executive summary only. 

  

  

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Workplace Flexibility


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    03/15/2010
    Employers Lead Way Toward “Work/Time Revolution”
    In a report on NPR’s Marketplace today, Jennifer Ludden gave the first in a three-part series discussing flexible work arrangements (FWAs) and creative solutions employers are finding to create work-life balance for their employees.
The piece, titled “More Employers Make Room for Work-Life Balance,” illustrates examples of how local employers are raising productivity and engendering employee [...]
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    03/11/2010
    Women are the Biggest Emerging Market
    When referring to the world’s emerging markets, most people first think of Brazil, Russia, India, or China. However, what if the world’s biggest emerging market were not a country, but rather a demographic?
Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy, wrote a piece on the Harvard Business Review’s website saying that women [...]
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    02/19/2010
    Corporate Voices Invited to Attend White House Meeting
    As part of Corporate Voices’ continuing and very active engagement with administration officials and other policymakers on a host of issues involving working families, Donna Klein will attend a meeting at the White House Friday afternoon (February 19) to discuss workplace flexibility.
The invitation was extended by the White House Council on Women and Girls, which [...]
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    02/18/2010
    Corporate Voices Releases Hourly Flexibility Toolkits
    Corporate Voices for Working Families has released two toolkits that serve as guides for implementing flexibility with an hourly and nonexempt workforce.
One toolkit provides tips and tools for managers of hourly workers and is designed to assist them in establishing flexible work arrangements. The other toolkit offers tips and tools for hourly workers and is [...]
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    02/10/2010
    What Motivates Us? What Business Leaders Need to Know
    In a recent interview on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, Daniel Pink talks about his groundbreaking new book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, where he de-bunks the myth that fiscal rewards result in motivation and hard work.
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