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December 12, 2008 –

Workplace Flexibility 2010 recently presented a briefing, titled: "Supporting our Nation’s Military Families: The Role of Workplace Flexibility.” The briefing brought together a panel of experts on the data, law, and practical experiences of military families and relevant workplace flexibility issues. Panelists included:

Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth

Military Families Research Institute, Purdue U.

Kelley Hruska

National Military Family Association

Barbara Thompson

Office of Family Policy/ Children and Youth, U.S. Department of Defense

Sheila Casey

The Hill

To view the briefing, click here. To view the subsequent Q & A, click here. For a report on the briefing by Stars and Stripes, click here.

December 3, 2008 – The economic crisis has substantially altered the context for discussion about social policy. Clearly, the recession will drive the agenda of the incoming administration, but will this preclude President-elect Obama from pursuing the changes to social policy he advanced during the campaign?

This will be the subject of discussion at “Social Policy After the Economic crisis,” an event sponsored by the New America Foundation for Friday, December 5, at which Katie Corrigan, Co-Director of Workplace Flexibility 2010, will address the implications of the economic crisis for workplace policy.

For more information on the event, or to register, click here.

November 11, 2008 –

The November 11 edition of the Workplace Flexibility 2010 News Roundup features an article from the New York Times by Cathy Benko, titled: “Up the Ladder? How Dated, How Linear.” In the article, Benko argues that the shifting demographics of the workforce have created a need for the flexibility to coordinate career and life and describes how Deloitte L.L.P, where Benko is vice chairwoman and chief talent officer, has responded.

Benko rejects the corporate ladder as antiquated and obsolete and instead conceptualizes career development through the metaphor of the ‘corporate lattice,’ which, unlike the ladder, allows workers the freedom to adjust their workload and schedule to accommodate “the zigs and zags” of life. Accordingly, Deloitte has pioneered a program of “mass career customization” to establish “a framework for organizations and their people to know their options, make choices and agree on trade-offs in four career dimensions – pace, workload, location/schedule and role…”

To read the article, click here. To access the News Roundup, click here.

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