Workplace Flexibility

Employers grappling with a shrinking labor force and a growing demand for skilled workers need to consider innovative strategies and resources when developing recruitment and retention policies. Workplace flexibility can be a powerful tool in the recruiting, retaining and advancing of qualified employees while enhancing businesses' competitive ability in a global economy.

Components of An Effective Workplace:

• Providing job autonomy
• Learning opportunities
• Supervisor support
• Coworker support
• Employee involvement in management decision-making
• Creating flexible workplaces
  

ICW, with the Families and Work Institute and the Twiga Foundation, is conducting a nationwide campaign to demonstrate the value of workplace flexibility as a sound business decision.

The Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility

Funder:        Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Partners:   Families and Work Institute 
                    Twiga Foundation




Publications/Products:

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Workplace Flexibility: Employers Respond to the Changing Workforce (December 2007) (PDF) Employer Profiles (Fall 2004)