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Useful Tips & Tools for Open, Flexible Work Options in Your Workplace
"Open, Flexible Work" is the term we use in the MOTHERS agenda to refer to workplace practices that accommodate both work and family needs. *Scroll down this page to click through to tips & tools you can use in your workplace.
Flexible work arrangements give parents the ability to work more flexibly, regardless of the person's level in the organization. Factory workers, middle managers, and executive level employees all need to be able to structure their work lives in a way that allows them to meet both business and family needs. The fact is that flexible work is good for all workers--parents and non-parents. Good work/life fit is of value to everyone and as a consequence it is good for business.
Offering flexible work options helps the corporate bottom line by increasing employee satisfaction, productivity and retention. It also can foster significant customer good will and certain kinds of flexibility reduce physical overhead. All this ends up benefiting business. It's a win-win--for both families and businesses.
MomsRising is working to help make America more family-friendly--and parents less crazy busy--by encouraging employers of all types to adopt flexible work arrangements, including:
- flexible scheduling
- telecommuting
- job sharing
- career customization
- taking babies to work
- part-time work options and
- on-ramps for parents who take time away from work
Tips & Tools for Flexible Work Options
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I Love Seeing Babies at Work!
Envisioning and embracing culture change that enables parents to excel at home and at work is a core goal for MomsRising. Win-win solutions are more accessible than most of us realize. This weekend the New York Times highlighted such an opportunity that far too few businesses are taking advantage of:
babies at work! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/jobs/04babies.html?_r=1
Fair Pay has a window of opportunity this week!
How cool would it be for fair pay to be one of the first things that that President-Elect Obama signs into law? It could actually happen!
Thank You!
Many thanks to those of you who pre-ordered environmental activist Van Jones's new book, The Green Collar Economy. It debuted on the New York Times bestseller list, making Jones the first African-American with a book about the environment to achieve this feat. Thanks all!
"Surprise Best-Seller ‘Green Collar Economy’
Fitting Together the Puzzle of Work and Family: Obama, McCain Plans a Start
When we try to fit together the pieces of the puzzle we call our work and family lives, often there’s a piece missing, another ripped in half, or one whose place we simply cannot find.
Government Officials Are Not Alone in Bringing Babies to Work
Today's New York Times has a front-page article discussing Sarah Palin's combination of political career and motherhood, describing how she regularly carried her son Trig in a sling to hearing
