Case Study about Flexible Work Arrangements
Employees have shown a great desire for flexible work arrangements (FWAs). National data reveals that nearly 80% of workers say they would like to have more flexible work options and would use them if there were no negative consequences at work. However, most workers do not have access to flexible work arrangements and barriers to their effective implementation persist in many organizations as the following nationally representative employer-based survey data reveals.
Many businesses have responded and various studies indicate both a growth in flexible work options and an expanded understanding of their relevance to workforce recruitment, morale, production, and retention. However, to the extent that flexibility is available, access differs considerably across occupations with managerial, administrative and professional workers having the most flexibility. Uniform information on FWA characteristics, access and utilization is not available across job sectors and occupations. Most publicly available literature on the implementation of FWAs is employer-based and tends to emphasize the processes through which companies develop and market their flexible arrangements and only minimally describes the specific details of actual policies and their use. To the extent that these programs have been documented, several themes emerge. Read more on Flexible Work Arrangements
