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Micro Business Cases
Corporate Voices is committed to identifying and spotlighting businesses and business practices with the intent of replicating and scaling those practices that make significant contributions to postsecondary education completion through progressive Learn and Earn talent development models. These Learn and Earn models increase access to career oppo read more »
Workplace Flexibility - CV Working Families
Micro Success Story: etriptrader, inc Business Champions in Corporate Voices' national workplace flexibility campaign recognize that workplace flexibility is a critical management strategy that will help ensure success in the 21st century. Read the PDF Workplace Flexibility Toolkits for Hourly Employees and Managers Tips and Tools for Managers (20 read more »
Workplace Flexibility
Employer Perspectives on Flexibility with an Hourly Workforce In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau, Corporate Voices for Working Families, WFD Consulting, World at Work, the Society for Human Resource Management and the Twiga Foundation conducted focus groups with employers in specific sectors of the econom read more »
Business Impacts of Flexibility
Business Impacts of Flexibility: An Imperative for Expansion represents for the first time the weight of evidence companies themselves have collected about the positive business impacts of flexibility. Drawing on internal organizational research and information from 28 American firms, this report provides evidence that employers can gain tre read more »
Most Young People Lack Critical Skills for Success
Most Young People Entering the U.S. Workforce Lack Critical Skills Essential for Success As the baby boom generation slowly exits the U.S. workplace, a new survey of leaders from a consortium of business research organizations finds the incoming generation sorely lacking in much needed workplace skills—both basic academic and more advanced & read more »
Workplace Lactation
The Affordable Care Act, signed into law in March 2010, amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to require employers to provide a reasonable break time and a sanitary, private place for nonexempt nursing mothers to pump milk at work. Corporate Voices for Working Families has re-launched this online workplace lactation toolkit to give employers read more »