New research shows why employers should care
about flexible arrangements.
Not exact matches
About two - thirds of millennials in certain business sectors have
flexible working
arrangements — including time, location and role — and the greater the flexibility, the higher they rate its positive effects.
Flexible work schedules or
arrangements require managers to think less
about «line of sight management» --(e.g., «I can see Bobby at his desk so he must be working»)-- and creates a management philosophy that focuses more on outcomes or results of an employee's work.
The negative effects of
flexible work: None of the generations worry a lot
about the negative effect a
flexible work
arrangement might have on their career progression.
What's clear is that even though several big companies have made waves with pronouncements
about limiting work - from - home options, many of those same companies — even Yahoo — continue to offer
flexible work
arrangements — for some people, in specific jobs, and under specific circumstances.
What
about changing the seating
arrangement in your current room, or embracing an attempt at
flexible seating?
She is courteous, competent, cooperative; she was
flexible about the
arrangements, also changes I made.
There are many part - time working parents — if I am not mistaken,
about 25 % of Slater and Gordon's work force is on a
flexible working
arrangement, including part - time work, compressed working weeks, job share
arrangements and working from home.
We've talked
about paid paternity leave is important,
flexible working
arrangements, breastfeeding accommodations, what are some of the other things that firms can... Making sure that women aren't given all the office housework.
In this episode, MothersEsquire founder Michelle Browning Coughlin talks
about how being a parent — especially a mom — can make it harder to practice law, and what firms can do to be more parent - friendly, from paid paternity leave and
flexible working
arrangements to breastfeeding accommodations and playing the HR long - game.
For some time we have seen pockets of discussion
about how new law firms operate differently like encouraging remote working,
flexible work
arrangements, focusing on coaching and mentoring versus providing feedback mostly in an historic annual performance review.
• Employment standards All benefits apply equally to employees in
flexible arrangements, but particularly challenging is the typical requirement that employers keep accurate information
about hours worked and overtime pay.
Partners can remove barriers such as understanding and talking
about the unconscious biases around women's readiness for partnership; assisting women to bridge between maternity leave and returning to full - time practice; experimenting with
flexible work
arrangements for both men and women that do not reduce profitability and many other workplace initiatives that will assist women to stay in the law and help firms become more profitable.
We are
flexible about fees and happy to talk to you
about alternative funding methods, such as «no - recovery - no fee»
arrangements for debt recovery actions.
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Flexible Work
Arrangements - CHICAGO, July 16, 2008 — Downsized staffs paired with increased workloads may be causing a rise in stress levels around the workplace.