Help With Creating Flex Time Policies in the Workplace

By Lisa Frederiksen on March 31st, 2010

For those who want to implement flex-options in the workplace, the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor has created an excellent website of resources, www.flexoptions.org. This site provides the research, resources and tools that business owners need in order to implement workplace flexibility policies. Quoting from their website,

Business owners understand the desire of today’s workforce to have more flexibility in their work schedules. After all, many entrepreneurs chose the path of business ownership to provide themselves with more control and flexibility in managing their own personal lives.

Across the U.S., companies are realizing that workplace flexibility can help them address today’s most pressing issues in keeping employees engaged; offering options in lieu of layoffs during tough economic times; planning for emergencies such as natural disasters, pandemics and other crisis situations; and contributing to environmental sustainability by decreasing one’s carbon footprint.

In 2009, President Obama created the first White House Council on Women and Girls to make it clear that issues like equal pay, family leave and child care are not just woemn’s issues, but family and economic issues, as well. This website goes a long way to helping businesses implement the important workplace policies that can assist with these efforts.

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