According to Corporate Voices for Working Families the case for expanding workplace flexibility is so compelling and substantial that it should be considered a business imperative.
Business Case
"Employers who provide flexibility to their employees, with regard to where and how their work gets done, can gain a tremendous financial benefit and competitive advantage in today’s economy."
Flex is a Prized Benefit: More than 7 out of 10 Professionals would choose one job over another based on flex work.
- Workplace flexibility is a powerful recruitment and retention strategy.
- Flexible work arrangements make for happier and healthier employees.
- Workplace flexibility reduces costly absenteeism.
- Flexibility reduces turnover and attrition saving employers millions per year
Download A Better Balance's Fact Sheet: The Business Case for Workplace Flexibility.
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Download the Edge Report from Robert Half & Career Builder: 7 in 10 professionals say they would choose one job over another based on the flex work options
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“Tough times are the right time to formalize flexible work schedules. Remote work options, staggered hours, reduced schedules and mini-sabbaticals are often seen as work perks for the fat years, one of the first targets of corporate belt-tightening. But as research in my forthcoming book Top Talent: Keeping Performance Up When Business Is Down (Harvard Business Press; October 2009) shows, companies that treat time as currency have tapped into one of the secrets to surviving in a recession” Sylvia Ann Hewlett
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