Workplace Flexibility 2010 is a campaign to support the development of a comprehensive national policy on workplace flexibility. By the year 2010, we hope to have helped develop consensus-based policy solutions that work for business and families.
On Wednesday, May 13, Workplace Flexibility 2010 released a comprehensive set of policy solutions to expand Americans’ access to flexible work arrangements such as compressed workweeks, predictable schedules, and telecommuting. To read the report, click here. On Wednesday, July 8, 2009, Workplace Flexibility 2010 and the New America Foundation presented a briefing titled “Flexible Work Arrangements and Low-Wage Work.” Panelists presented "the latest research on scheduling challenges faced by low-wage workers, [. . .] common sense solutions that have been implemented by businesses and [. . .] how public policy can enhance access to FWAs for low-wage workers.” David Gray - Director of the Workforce and Family Program at the New America Foundation - moderated the panel:
Susan J. Lambert
Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Jennifer E. Swanberg
Executive Director, Institute for Workplace Innovation
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
Elizabeth Lower-Basch
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy
Liz Watson
Legislative Counsel, Workplace Flexibility 2010
John Wilcox
VP of Operations, Corporate Voices for Working Families
To visit a new WF2010 web page on Flexible Work Arrangements and Low-Wage Work, please click here.
Hear Professor Chai Feldblum talk about Workplace Flexibility 2010
This webcast was done as part of "Resetting The Clockwork: Possibilities for Healthy Employees, Retirees, Families, Businesses and Communities." To view the full version, please visit our archived News section.