These are the recommendations submitted by Corporate Voices to the Senate Staff Working Group on Workplace Flexibility in June 2009.
Publications & Toolkits
Work and Family Balance
Workplace Flexibility Recommendations (June 2009)
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.
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.
Best of Congress Awards Booklet (September 2008)
The 2008 Best of Congress Award Spotlights congressional leadership on working family issues. This booklet highlights the 50 winners of the award.
Dependent Care Assistance Programs: Employee Guide (October 2008)
Corporate Voices for Working Families and The American Business Collaboration released a booklet help working families pay for the high cost of child and dependent care. DCAPs let employees set aside part of their salary each pay period to pay for the care they need for their children or other dependents, in order for them to work.
Dependent Care Assistance Programs: Employer Guide (October 2008)
Corporate Voices for Working Families and The American Business Collaboration released an employer guide to help businesses understand the and promote the use of Dependent Care Assistance Programs (DCAPs).
It provides information on the best practices in DCAP design and administration and offers tips and suggestions for making participation in a plan as simple and foolproof as possible.
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.
Related News and Events
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – April 9, 2013 – This year marks 50 years since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and yet today, women still earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man.
Tuesday, April 9 is National Equal Pay Day, representing the date in the current year through which women must work to match what men earned in the previous year. It reminds us of the work still ahead in order to achieve equity and an America where everyone gets an equal day's pay for an equal day's work.
Bookmark/Search this post with:WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 25, 2012) — Today, Corporate Voices for Working Families and Working Mother Media announced the thirty recipients of the 2012 Best of Congress Award, celebrating lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and across the country for their leadership in improving the quality of life for working families.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 27, 2010) – Amidst the continuing economic downturn and increasing unease about the lingering high levels of national unemployment, President Obama is expected this evening to announce key investments for working families in his State of the Union Address.Bookmark/Search this post with:WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 18, 2009) — Corporate Voices for Working Families and Working Mother Media will present U.S. Senators and members of the U.S. House of Representatives with the Best of Congress award, recognizing their leadership in improving the quality of life for working families by partnering with business to create long-term solutions to work-life issues. Winners will be profiled in the August/September 2010 issue of Working Mother Magazine.
Bookmark/Search this post with:Washington (May 7, 2009) – Workplace flexibility initiatives for hourly employees are as successful as those designed for professional staff. And businesses that offer hourly employees flexible work options find that they are critical management tools that enhance recruitment, retention, engagement, cost control, productivity and financial performance.
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