November 11, 2005
Articles
Report: Why Flexible Schedules Benefit Businesses
"Flexible work options make for happier employees, but managers often need more than personal anecdotes to be persuaded that flexibility won't harm the bottom line. A new report finds that, in fact, it does help profitability, based on internal data drawn from 28 major firms. The companies - members of Corporate Voices for Working Families (CVWF), the nonprofit partnership that published the report - were willing to go public to show how various flex programs positively affected everything from employee retention to customer service.”
Pension Plans 'Inequitable' Professor Says
"Have you ever thought of retirement plans and the tax incentives that support them as discriminatory? Sonya Michel has. The University of Maryland professor, speaking in Mesa on Tuesday, said the current system has tended to make things tougher for women, some minority groups and gay couples.”
The Joy of Flex
"A generation or more ago, it would have been impossible to envision the life of the American worker as it is lived today. A flood of women into the workforce has fundamentally changed the face of employment, largely for the better. Families are better able to increase their household income, and companies have benefited from the ability to tap female talent. But at home, working Americans have a dwindling amount of time to spend with their families. The parent who was home in the afternoon when kids came back from school, or cared for family members—young or old—who fell ill, is now hard at work. A snow day now creates a parent's Hobson's choice: leave a child alone or call in sick and maybe risk losing your job.” Mentions Families and Work Institute.