This Early Childhood Flexibility Practices and Patterns Report highlights recommendations and future directions for early childhood education and care services and governments in providing
flexible arrangements for their families and local communities.
Another approach to creating more
flexible arrangements for addressing disadvantage that has been suggested is the pooling of funds.
Without the pressure of lawyers or the court, parents can make the most creative and
flexible arrangements for their children.
In my experience, classes of > 20 are the norm and most rooms don't easily accommodate
flexible arrangements for these numbers.
Not exact matches
Richard Florida,
for one, advocates what he calls «plug - and - play» housing, where
flexible rental
arrangements of furnished and unfurnished residences with hotel - style amenities will serve the increasingly mobile workforce.
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson has a message
for fellow business leaders: Your employees want
flexible work
arrangements.
Employees desire
flexible work
arrangements for many reasons but Branson writes that «having more control over work - life balance, finding it generally useful and cutting down on commuting time» are the most commonly cited ones.
Examples of work - life program components include things like
flexible work
arrangements (such as
flexible hours or a compressed workweek), allowing part - time schedules, offering telecommuting options, permitting «shift swapping» (
for companies with around - the - clock work shifts), or providing discretionary leave, such as paternity, educational, community - service, or sabbatical.
A
flexible work
arrangement may not be an appropriate solution
for every company, department or employee, but there are many cases in which it can be successful and can make a significant business impact.
The rise of freelancer economy, coupled with more
flexible working
arrangements nowadays, is creating a vast demand
for unconventional work spaces.
Millennials also may be more likely to expect
flexible scheduling and work - from - home
arrangements from their employers since technological advances have made working at different times and from different locations practical
for many companies.
If you or someone you know is a military spouse looking
for a
flexible work
arrangement, be sure to check out the new remote and
flexible job opportunities posted every day on FlexJobs.
These 24 best places to work
for new dads offer both paid parental leave and
flexible work
arrangements!
And, of those looking
for flexibility in their career, 72 % want the
flexible arrangement to be long - term.
With military spouses looking
for flexible work
arrangements, it should come as no surprise that 42 % of respondents have left a job because of a lack of flexibility.
In the 2015 Budget, the Government announced that it was exploring new innovative financing and funding mechanisms, along with
flexible payment
arrangements, but this will not take affect
for some years.
Interested in finding a more
flexible work
arrangement that allows
for a little more freedom?
One theory
for these findings, according to FlexJobs CEO and founder, Sara Sutton Fell, is that
flexible work
arrangements reduce the tension workers experience between trying to manage a multitude of competing personal and professional responsibilities.
-- continue to offer
flexible work
arrangements —
for some people, in specific jobs, and under specific circumstances.
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.
UHT milk provides these nations the choice of using a more
flexible storage
arrangement for milk without concerns of it decomposing.
A pack n play (aka playard or portable travel crib) is a
flexible sleeping
arrangement for a baby.
extend the existing right
for an employee to request
flexible working
arrangements to new groups of people,
for example parents of older children and carers of sick and disabled adults.
Fathers reported being much more likely to use
flexible work
arrangements informally rather than formally (i.e. using flexibility without applying
for formal permission to do so).
Employers can also take steps to help fathers address conflict, such as forming employee networks
for fathers, promoting training, offering
flexible work
arrangements and providing gender - neutral parental leave.
We are a few months away from having our second child and don't plan to change the sleeping
arrangements, although we are
flexible to what is best
for the baby (ie.
I am happy that we have been able to be
flexible and come up with solutions
for each phase instead of trying to enforce an unhappy sleeping
arrangement.
Highlight the benefits
for employers of workplace breastfeeding support programs as part of your program to promote
flexible work
arrangements.
Meetings should include discussion around reasonable work adjustments, time off needed,
arrangements for transfer / effective management of the employee's work during sickness absence, phased return to work after time off and the possibility of
flexible working.
The measure requires the Civil Service Commission to develop a report on best practices
for flexible working
arrangements and find ways
for state agencies to implement those new programs.
A bill signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo late Tuesday would expand
flexible working
arrangements for state agency employees.
The implication
for policy makers is that the group of the population that may be in most need of
flexible work
arrangements may be unable to gain access to them.
Workplace flexibility — it's a phrase that might be appealing to job seekers or make a company look good, but a new study by the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College shows
flexible work options are out of reach
for most employees and that when they are offered,
arrangements are limited in size and scope.
Oct4 contains two distinct DNA binding domains (the POUH and POUS domains, each of which can bind to half of the DNA octamer motif independently of the other) which are separated by a
flexible linker [39]; this in turn allows
for substantial leeway in
arrangement of these domains in relation to each other [17].
I thought that wealthy men would be
flexible enough to carve out any day of the week
for an
arrangement... is there some reason why sugar only seems OK on the weekend?»
Healthcare demands
for both workers and their loved ones can become harder to negotiate, but
flexible working
arrangements or phased retirement can help make employment possible
for longer.
The second biggest factor that could persuade teachers to delay their retirement,
for 43 % of those polled, would be the provision of
flexible working
arrangements, enabling them to fit their career around other responsibilities in later life, such as caring
for a loved one.
For women who work outside the home,
flexible parenting
arrangements help them avoid having to «do it all» and the resentment that engenders.
Learning spaces designed
for collaboration have
flexible seating
arrangements, boast comfortable furniture, and are agile enough to be reworked in a short time period.
The
arrangement enables school officials and organizers to be more
flexible, more innovative, and to strive
for certain goals.
The convenience of both location and
flexible school schedule has proven to be a successful
arrangement for our students.
Common key elements of these mature POS include: resources (primarily provided by the college)
for staff dedicated to creating and maintaining POS relationships with high schools; active business and industry advisory groups; and uniquely tailored and
flexible dual enrollment
arrangements.
There's plenty of room
for extra belongings, and the seating
arrangement is
flexible depending on the ratio of passengers and cargo.
This new model provides comfortable accommodation
for up to seven people in its cabin, with a
flexible seating
arrangement that also allows
for excellent load - carrying flexibility.
Customer feedback indicates that the main reasons
for choosing the Premacy are its stylish exterior which is based on Mazda's Nagare design language, excellent eco-friendly features such as i - stop, highly
flexible seating
arrangements, and its driver - friendly handling.
Strengths of this model include towing prowess,
Flexible and unique mid-gate
arrangement, comfortable interior appointments, and ride and handling * Money - Back Guarantee is valid
for 5 days or 250 miles, whichever comes first.
* All - new, sporty, aerodynamic, 2 +2 coupe form * Wide track, short wheelbase chassis
for agile and responsive handling * Unique 3 - Mode Drive System to tailor steering, throttle response and IMA assistance to the driver's needs * 1.5 - litre i - VTEC engine coupled to the Honda IMA parallel hybrid system with CO2 emissions of 117 g / km and 5.0 l / 100 km fuel economy in combined mode * World's first 6 - speed manual transmission combined with a hybrid drive train * Driver focussed cockpit design with 3D gauges * European market cars to be equipped with
flexible 2 +2 seating
arrangement
- Functional features that were popular in older MPV models, such as
flexible seat
arrangements and a number of compartments
for storing personal items, have been further upgraded.
«We can make special
arrangements for the ratios,
for the dimensions,
for the number of gears with hybrid, without hybrid so we are more
flexible.
In particular, we advocated
for a long - term option, such as purchase or perpetual license, and a shorter - term option, such as a one - year license or other
flexible arrangement.