What is Workplace Flexibility?
Workplace flexibility is when employees set their 40 hour work week both in and out of the office. This includes jobs that don’t require you to work from 9-5, job sharing (two people share a job designed for one person) and salary paid positions that do not require you to come in at certain times during the week. 70 percent of families with children in 1960 had a parent (usually a mom) home full-time. Today, 70 percent of all families are headed either by two employed parents or a single parent who is in the workforce. Productivity of working parents suffers as a result of stress caused by inflexible jobs and inadequate after-school options. Advantages: • Women with families can spend more time at home with their children. • When a woman has a flexible work schedule, she is less stressed and able to perform better. • Working flexible hours reduces the risk of burn-out and loss of employees. • It is beneficial to both the employer and the employee as flexibility leads to productivity. C
