December 19, 2006
The Workplace Flexibility 2010 News Roundup is a compilation of the latest news articles, reports and other materials related to workplace flexibility. The News Roundup appears twice-weekly. If you have questions about any of the items, please contact Jennifer Hedrick at jlh62@law.georgetown.edu.
Articles
It is Not HBO--it is "Flex in the City"
"It may sound like the sequel to HBO's popular show about four racy ladies, but ‘Flex in the City’ is actually a workplace program launched this fall by Houston Mayor Bill White to help ease the city's traffic problems. As part of his ongoing Flexible Workplace Initiative, White challenged some of the city's top employers to implement flexible work options as part of a two-week experiment.”
Flextime a Boon for Busy Lifestyles
"Today, flexible work arrangements are more common than before. Everything from flextime -- an alternative to the normal 9-to-5 workday or five-day workweek -- to telecommuting and job sharing is in play. But many employers are still struggling to adapt, experts say.”
Generation Next Changes the Face of the Workplace
"Journalist Judy Woodruff reports on how young Americans are changing the workplace with new ideas on how the professional world should operate.”
Op-eds
Belying the Rhetoric, Parents Still Put Kids First
"Conservative rhetoric often implies that working parents (and let's face it, that really means mothers) are disinterested in kids and spending their time elsewhere. I hear this exaltation of ‘traditional families’ often in popular media, as well as from college students in the classroom. We assume employed parents prioritize work over children, and then use this assumption to explain all kinds of problems: increased juvenile crime, teenage pregnancy, childhood obesity. The parental time deficit seems like a reasonable theory.”
Reports
Policy Leadership Series: Employment and Training for Older Workers
"The aging of the baby boom generation and the increase in life expectancy has led to record numbers of older adults in the United States. Increasingly older adults want or need to stay in the workforce.”