Workplace Flexibility Publications

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 economy to understand their experiences and results with implementing flexibility. The information in the document below summarizes the findings from four companies in the Los Angeles area concerning flexible work practices with hourly employees including the business drivers, practices, business impacts and critical success factors within the context of an hourly workforce and the regional economy.

Employer Perspectives on Flexibility in the Financial Services Sector

As global competition, technology, economic and workforce demographic changes create the impetus for greater workplace flexibility to improve business and financial performance, the need to document how flexibility benefits U.S. employers and employees has grown as well. 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 economy to understand their experiences and results with implementing flexibility.

The information in the document below summarizes the findings from five financial services firms in the New York tri-state area concerning the business drivers, practices, business impacts, critical success factors and challenges of implementing flexibility within the context of the financial sector and the regional economy.