Tips and Tools for Managers (2010): Click the "Download File" link below for the comprehensive guide for implementing flexibility programs with an hourly and nonexempt workforce. To access an individual worksheet, please click one of the worksheet links below.
Publications and Toolkits
Workplace Flexibility
Workplace Flexibility Toolkits for Hourly Employees and Managers
Workplace Flexibility Recommendations (June 2009)
These are the recommendations submitted by Corporate Voices to the Senate Staff Working Group on Workplace Flexibility in June 2009.
Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers (May 2009)
This study examines the benefits of workplace flexibility for hourly workers and employers. The data for this comprehensive report highlights best practices for implementing innovative flexibility programs. Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers was researched and written by WFD Consulting and was supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Executive Summary: Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers (May 2009)
Exectutive Summary of the comprehensive Corporate Voices study on workplace flexibility options for hourly workers.
Flexible Work Strategies: Attitudes & Experiences (March 2008)
The goal of this research was to gain insight into the views of senior-level executives regarding why flexible work strategies are used and what kind of an effect they can have on companies’ productivity. This is the executive summary only.
Workplace Flexibility for Lower-Wage Workers (October 2006)
Research shows that, for a variety of reasons, lower wage workers generally have less access to voluntary flexibility than higher wage workers. But when it is available to them, flexibility can have equal or even more powerful outcomes for the lower wage population.
Corporate Voices Flexibility Principles (April 2006)
These principles outline why a well-implemented flexibility program makes sense for the business community.
CEO Statement of Support for Expanding Workplace Flexibility (November 2005)
Six top executives sign Corporate Voices’ support statement stating they are believe in business flexibility as a management tool and will continue to provide leadership in communicating its benefits.
Business Impacts of Flexibility: An Imperative for Expansion (November 2005)
The large body of business data summarized in this report demonstrates that the business case to expand workplace flexibility is substantial and compelling. Drawing on internal organizational research and information provided by 29 American firms, this report presents for the first time the weight of evidence companies themselves have collected about the positive business impacts of flexibility.
Related News and Events
Washington, D.C. (February 18, 2010) –Establishing flexible work arrangements with an hourly and nonexempt workforce can be challenging, yet there are many examples of how flexibility can be used to achieve business results while at the same time benefiting hourly workers.
Bookmark/Search this post with:Washington (May 7, 2009) – Workplace flexibility initiatives for hourly employees are as successful as those designed for professional staff. And businesses that offer hourly employees flexible work options find that they are critical management tools that enhance recruitment, retention, engagement, cost control, productivity and financial performance.
Bookmark/Search this post with:Washington, DC (May 7, 2009) — Corporate Voices for Working Families (CVWF) and the American Business Collaboration (ABC) support legislation introduced today that, if passed, would make child care more affordable to working families.
Representatives John Yarmuth (D-KY), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) introduced H.R. 2298 to amend the Internal Revenue Code to increase dependent care flexible spending account (DCFSA) limits.
Bookmark/Search this post with:WASHINGTON (June 25, 2007) – Corporate Voices for Working Families’ coalition member KPMG LLP testified on Thursday, June 21, before the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, as it considers H.R. 2392 “The Balancing Act.” Barbara C Wankoff, Director of Workplace Solutions for KPMG LLP highlighted the work/life policies her firm uses to help employees juggle their professional and personal responsibilities.
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