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Submitted by admin on Fri, 2010-07-30 10:09

Find it hard to believe

that working flexibly, virtually, or in a high-commitment work environment is a smart business practice?

Research on the benefits of work-life programs in general and flexible work arrangements in particular shows that businesses have much to gain from implementing policies and practices that allow their employees to fit together their work-life puzzles.

The benefits accrue in these areas:

  • attract and recruit talented employees;
  • retain committed workers and build loyalty;
  • engage and motivate them, unleashing their performance;
  • cut costs; and
  • improve financial performance.

How improvement in each of these results from flexible, customized work arrangements is described in each of the studies listed here.

 

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Submitted by admin on Sat, 2010-07-31 09:27

The CustomFit Workplace blog is part of the MomsRising.org Open, Flexible Work blog. It is a place where workers, managers, educators and Human Resources professionals can share their insights and questions. The views expressed in this blogs aren't necessarily representative of the CustomFitWorkplace.org initiative or of MomsRising.org policy positions. Interested in blogging? drop us a line

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“We Don’t Pay You to Pee” and Other Reasons Why We Need the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Submitted by Liz Watson on Tue, 2013-05-14 04:00

By Liz Watson and Cortelyou Kenney, National Women’s Law Center
Cross-Posted from NWLC’s blog

Amanda Roller was a call center employee in Kansas. After Amanda became pregnant she started experiencing morning sickness. Amanda’s supervisor repeatedly refused her requests to go the bathroom and instead told her that she would get Amanda a larger trash can so that she could vomit at her desk. Amanda asked again, and her supervisor again denied her request, saying, “We don’t pay you to pee.” Amanda was then demoted and eventually fired.

Why Most Women Can’t “Lean In” Without Stronger Laws

Submitted by Dina Bakst on Tue, 2013-05-14 04:00

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, has kicked up all sorts of controversy with her argument that career women can be their own worst enemy and should “lean in” more to their jobs and their ambitions. But the biggest, largely unspoken problem is not that she is elitist, or placing blame in the wrong place. It is that most women can’t rely on their work ethic or the good will of their boss to get ahead— they need stronger legal protections to effectively “lean in.”

It’s a vast, systemic issue. Women’s legal rights – at the moment of hiring, when they receive their paycheck, when they get pregnant, after they give birth – are consistently trampled, and many of them feel powerless to fight back. A recent WSJ/NBC poll found that an overwhelming 84 per cent of American women perceive bias in the workplace.

What to Give a Working Mother for Mother’s Day

Submitted by Liz O'Donnell on Sun, 2013-05-12 04:00

After a long week at work, and the weekend filled with two soccer games, a dance recital and a birthday party, I’ll drive 75 minutes to visit my mother this Mother’s Day. There’s no time for breakfast in bed, a manicure/pedicure with friends or dinner and a movie. That’s okay; that’s not what this working mother wanted for Mother’s Day anyway. You know what I do want for all working mothers? I want:

Paid Sick Leave. Almost half (48 percent) of private-sector workers do not have paid sick days. As a working mother, it’s common sense that occasionally you’ll need time to care for yourself or your child when they are too sick to go to school or daycare. It’s also likely you’ll need time to care for an elderly parent. I do. In fact, according to a recent Forbes article, more than 60 million families are caring for an aging or disabled family member. And do you know who does 80-90 percent of that caregiving? Women.

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