October 30, 2007
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
To Pad the Bottom Line, There's No Place Like Home
"In 2003, McKesson Medical Health Solutions decided to see what benefits it could realize by having some of its call center employees work from home. The results were encouraging. Four years later, 85% of those employees work from home all the time, saving the company $4 million a year.”
Hard Rules to Follow for Flex Time
"The 9-to-5 workday is about as passe as typewriters. People telecommute from home. They cram a 40-hour workweek into four days. They arrive and leave well before rush hours. These flexible work arrangements are increasingly seen as a way for companies to hang on to their best employees. In a recent study from the Families and Work Institute, a non-profit research group, more than half of workers said they didn't feel they had enough time for themselves, their partner or their children. Even so, flexible work arrangements are not so widespread that you can expect to land one no questions asked -- especially if you're new to a job.”
Working From Home
"If someone said you could take your current job to-go and work from home a few days a week, would you do it? According to a new survey, a majority of moms say yes. They would like to have either a part-time job or work from home.”