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Flexible Work Arrangements
Perks/Alternative'Rewards'Substitute for Fatter Paychecks
Excerpt:"Flextime -- allowing individuals to alter their working hours -- can be an attractive reward for hard-working employees. . . . Another option is getting employers to pay for courses, seminars and conferences, or membership to professional groups . . . ."(Columbia Daily Tribune)
Supplemental Pay in the Healthcare Industry: Overtime Pay, Bonuses, and Shift Differentials
Excerpt:"The use of supplemental pay in the healthcare industry differs from other service-providing industries primarily in that shift differentials play a greater role, while bonuses appear to play a lesser role. The relative importance of shift differentials in the healthcare industry is probably related to the'round-the-clock'nature of healthcare services in general."(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Quantifying the Benefits Workshifting Has for Employers, Employees and the Community (PDF)
23 pages. Excerpt:"Workshifting, and in particular, home-based work, offers a relatively simple, high return-on-investment solution to some of the nation's most vexing problems . . . ."(Telework Research Network / Aerodite, Inc.)
Flexible Work Arrangements May Hinder the Climb Up the Corporate Ladder
Excerpt:"Corporate America has been marching toward nontraditional work arrangements for some time -- last year alone, 21% of companies introduced flextime. Improved (and cheaper) technology is one big driver, and the recession has proven to be another. Options such as remote work, part-time, and customized schedules are'a very inexpensive way to reward someone,'. . . ."(CFO.com)
Finding Resilience: Avoiding Executive Burnout and Staying at the Top of Your Game
Excerpt:"One of the most cited work-life balance programs, telework, often is assumed to universally reduce stress. But William Bransford, general counsel of SEA, says proper teleworking requires thoughtful, thorough implementation by managers."(GovernmentExecutive.com)
The Legal Framework for States As Employers-of-Choice in Workplace Flexibility: A Case Study of Arizona and Michigan (PDF)
27 pages. Excerpt:"In conclusion, both Arizona and Michigan have the potential to bolster their status as states as employers-of-choice. Both states have achieved a flexible workplace with strong executive leadershipthroughout the state workforce's management levels, and the support and use of flexible work arrangements, time off, and career flexibility to address emerging problems and changing demographics."(Twiga Foundation)
Overextended Workers Find Relief in Workplace Flexibility, According to Survey
Excerpt:"The tendency to juggle many things in life: personal happiness and well being, family needs and our jobs, is a constant struggle for many workers [with almost two-thirds of survey respondents (63 percent) saying] that all were equally important in terms of priority."(Workplace Options)
The Relationship Between Public Law and Voluntary Action in Enhancing Work/Life Balance for Caregivers
Excerpt:"The Paper argues that the law should play a role in facilitating optimal, individualized accommodation of working caregivers. Drawing on existing and pending legislation, it argues for the creation of a statutory'right to request'that would protect workers from retaliation for seeking accommodations and would require employers to consider such requests in good faith."(Social Science Research Network)
Workshifting Benefits: The Bottom Line (PDF)
23 pages. Excerpt:"The purpose of this paper is to quantify the benefits of workshifting -- specifically working from home -- has for employers, employees, and the community. Citrix Online coined the term'workshifting'to describe the growing trend to working from anywhere other than a traditional office through the use of web-based technology. The older and more traditional terms for this are teleworking or even telecommuting."(Telework Research Network)
Federal Government's Office of Personnel Management's Workplace Flexibility Program Will Start in June
Excerpt:"Under the Results-Only Work Environment program, nearly 400 OPM employees from a range of job functions will be permitted to work wherever and whenever they choose as long as their work gets done. Supervisors will be expected to'manage for results'and trust employees to complete their tasks."(GovernmentExecutive.com)
Bill to Expand Federal Workers'Telecommuting Options Falls Short in House
Excerpt:"Legislation that would give federal workers the option to work from home ran into a significant roadblock Thursday, failing to get the two-thirds majority in the House that would have expanded telework options across the government."(The Washington Post; free registration required)
What a Difference a Day Makes, or Does It? Work/Family Balance and the Four-Day Work Week
Excerpt:"This Article considers the growing reliance that four-day work week advocates have placed on work/family claims. It begins by analyzing whether a compressed work schedule may alleviate work/family conflicts, and more importantly, for whom such benefits are most likely to accrue. While studies consistently find that many workers experience lower levels of work/family conflict when working a compressed schedule, the research also suggests that workers with the most acute work/family conflicts may be the least likely either to obtain or to benefit from a four-day work week design."(Social Science Research Network)
No Mere Perk: Flex-Work as a Strategic Tool
Excerpt:"Researchers say flexibility is a critical but overlooked factor in making work work. An award program seeks to recognize firms who achieve strategic results with the use of flexible work."(Workforce Management; free registration required)
Obamas Tout Benefits of a Flexible Workplace
Excerpt:"Obama was speaking at a White House forum on workplace flexibility Wednesday and used the days that snow forced federal offices in Washington to close as an example of why the public and private sectors should adopt some alternative arrangements, such as telework, for their employees. The president said the government is committed to'practicing what we preach'with budget proposals that would increase funding for child care and provide grants to states to promote flexible work programs."(The Washington Post; free registration required)
Notes on the Report'Work-Life Balance and the Economics of Workplace Flexibility'
Excerpt:"In 1968, a quarter of all American children lived in households in which all parents were working full time. Four decades later, the report notes, that portion had doubled to nearly one-half of all children."(The New York Times; free registration required)
Work-Life Balance and the Economics of Workplace Flexibility (PDF)
35 pages. Excerpt:"This report presents an economic perspective on flexible workplace policies and practices. The first section reports some of the changes in the U.S. workforce that have increased the need for flexibility in the workplace. . . . The second section examines the current state of flexible work arrangements and reports that many employers have adapted to the changing realities of American workers. . . . The report concludes with a discussion of the economic benefits of workplace flexibility arrangements."(Executive Office of the President, Council of Economic Advisers)
Federal Employee Telework and Benefits Bills Move Forward in Congress
Excerpt:"A House subcommittee on Wednesday approved legislation to promote telework in federal agencies, increase oversight of prescription drug coverage in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and allow federal employees to invest the value of their unused annual leave in their retirement accounts. The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and District of Columbia unanimously approved the 2009 Telework Improvements Act (H.R. 1722), introduced by Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md. The bill would codify a governmentwide telework policy that Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry announced in April 2009."(GovernmentExecutive.com)
Work-Life Balance Series on NPR This Week
Excerpt:"NPR is running a series this week on work-life balance. Today's reports [at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124698891] focus on flexible work schedules and low-wage workers. Joan Williams, Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at U.C.-Hastings, is featured prominently."(Workplace Prof Blog)
Options on the Flex-Work Menu
Excerpt:"Work-life experts caution that many flex-work programs appear more generous on paper than in practice and can be highly dependent on individual supervisors."(National Public Radio)
More Employers Make Room for Work-Life Balance
Excerpt:"First, more and more employers are discovering that loosening the traditionally rigid work schedule pays off. Sleep says her retention rate over 16 years is an astonishing 95 percent. And study after study shows productivity also shoots up. More than half of companies now say they offer flextime, and one-third allow telecommuting at least part-time. On the other hand, research also shows that employees don't find their workplaces nearly as flexible as managers report."(Morning Edition via National Public Radio)
Think Tank Proposal for Mandatory Workplace Flexibility, Limits on Overtime, Paid Family Leave
Excerpt:"[T]he Center for American Progress issued a comprehensive set of recommendations that address'the needs of today's workers and families as they really are, not as we imagine them to be,'including broadening Social Security to include paid FMLA. On the premise that women now make up half of all workers, with mothers being the'primary breadwinners'in four in ten families, the report makes a number of recommendations . . . ."(HR Policy Association)
[Guidance Overview] Ninth Circuit Changes Mind, Holds That Commute Time May Be Compensable Under California Law
Excerpt:"On March 2, 2010, in Rutti v. Lojack Corp., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its prior ruling on this issue in the same case and expanded this exception -- holding that under California law an employer must compensate its employees for time spent commuting when the employee is driving a company-provided vehicle with restricted use."(Seyfarth Shaw LLP)
[Guidance Overview] The Compensability of Commute Time and Home Computer Activity Continues to Confound
Excerpt:"If there was any doubt that off-the-clock issues are vexing and perplexing, especially for California employers, consider this: A distinguished three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has withdrawn the opinion it issued less than six months ago in the much-discussed Rutti v. Lojack Corporation case and has issued a replacement decision. This advisory updates our September 2009 advisory,'Commuting in a Company Vehicle, Home E-Mail Activity: Compensable Employee Time?'in which we reported on the 9th Circuit's original Rutti decision."(Davis Wright Tremaine LLP)
[Guidance Overview] California Supreme Court Limits Kin Care Law
Excerpt:"California has a leave law known as'kin care.'It allows employees to use one-half of their annual sick leave entitlement to attend to the illness of a child, parent, spouse or domestic partner. What if a company does not offer an accrued sick leave benefit, but instead offers sickness absence policy, which provides for an uncapped number of paid days off for illness? The California Supreme Court addressed this question . . . ."(Barker Olmsted&Barnier)
Flextime May Hold Surprising Benefits for Employee Health, a Study Finds
Excerpt:"Workers who had more control over their schedules and work days saw improvements in both physical and mental health, according to a review published in The Cochrane Library."(ABC News)
Lawmaker Says Federal Teleworkers Should be Rewarded during Closings
Excerpt:"U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) wants the Office of Personnel Management to consider incentives for employees who work remotely while the government is shutdown."(PLANSPONSOR.com)
2009 Guide to Bold New Ideas for Making Work Work (PDF)
180 pages. Excerpt:"[The organizations profiled in this Guide are] the leading lights in creating workplaces that fit the needs of the 21st century workforce and the challenges of a changing economy. These employers are changing the norms of the workplace by thinking anew about how, when and where work gets done and about how to structure work to better meet the needs of employees, and of their families and communities, while also achieving organizational success."(Families and Work Institute)
Dependent Care and Workplace Policies in Our Economy
Excerpt:"Phoebe Taubman, a fellow at Equal Justice Works with A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center has written an issue brief for the American Constitution Society, entitled Free Riding on Families: Why the American Workplace Needs to Change and How to Do It. . . . Taubman describes how paid leave, discrimination protection for caregivers, workplace flexibility, and workplace equity would bring our policies up to date with our needs."(Workplace Prof Blog)
Cool Workplaces Offer Flexible Work Schedules
Excerpt:"One of the qualities of a cool workplace is a flexible work schedule, according to Bob Nelson, a worker engagement expert. In an article that ran in early December in Crain's Detroit Business, Nelson said businesses that are genuinely committed to providing flexible work policies attract and retain employees - and produce better results in the marketplace."(Examiner.com)
Commuter Benefit Offerings Increase, According to Survey
Excerpt:"Despite concerns about cutting costs during the down economy, most employers are maintaining -- and in some cases increasing -- tax-free commuter benefits as part of their compensation packages, according to TransitCenter's 2009 Commuter Impact Survey. Eight months after the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which increased the amount of tax-free income employees could use to pay for their mass transit fares from $120/month to $230/month, TransitCenter found that over one-third (35%) of companies surveyed offer a tax-free commuter benefit, according to a press release. The announcement said employees at small businesses have been particularly enthusiastic about the increase in the tax benefit, with TransitCenter showing that 32% of the employees at its existing small business customers who were deducting the monthly maximum of $120 prior to the passage of the bill increased their deductions to above $120 after the bill's passage. The survey found flextime (33%), telecommuting (30%) and Transit (30%) are the top commute-related benefits offered by the surveyed companies. Seventy-two percent of respondents indicated they see tax-free commuter benefits as a way to help reduce their company's carbon footprint."(PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required)
Flexible Hours for Nonexempt Workers May Be Next on Lobbyists'Agenda
Excerpt:"Flexible work arrangements traditionally have been the domain of exempt, salaried employees, but now more companies are using them for nonexempt, hourly workers, experts say."(Workforce Management; free registration required)
The Impact of the Recession on Employers (PDF)
31 pages. Excerpt:"This study is designed to address the following questions among a nationally representative sample of U.S. employers with 50 or more employees: 1. What percentage of employers have taken steps to reduce labor and operational costs in the past 12 months? 2. Among these, what specific cost reduction strategies have they used? 3. What are employers doing to help employees deal with the recession? 4. What is happening with workplace flexibility during the recession? 5. Do the strategies employers use for dealing with the recession differ for employers that have larger proportions of women or men; of hourly or salaried employees; of unionized or non-unionized employees? Do they differ for employers that are nonprofit or for-profit? And do they differ for employers of various sizes? 6. What are employers doing that they think would serve as useful examples for other employers? Throughout the report, we include employers'responses to this open-ended question."(Families and Work Institute)
[Opinion] HR Policy Association Urges Senate to Consider Workplace Leave/Scheduling Mandates as Part of a'Larger Framework'(PDF)
18 pages. Excerpt:"As the Chairman of the HR Policy Association's Employment Rights Committee, I am pleased to respond to your request regarding the Association's views on family and work-life balance issues. We appreciate your reaching out to us and others in the business community to achieve consensus-based, bipartisan solutions that work for employers and employees. . . . [W]e strongly advise against enacting new'one size fits all'prescriptions in this area. Rather, a more productive approach would be to examine the existing laws to determine which statutes now in place are hampering the ability of employers to provide flexibility."(HR Policy Association)
Flexibility Programs Gain Ground in Hard Times, According to Study
Excerpt:"Most companies are conducting layoffs and eliminating bonuses and salary increases to survive the recession, but they are preserving programs that allow workers to set their own schedules, according to a study. In a survey of 400 employers released Thursday, July 23, the Families and Work Institute in New York found that 81 percent have maintained flexible work arrangements such as telecommuting, compressed workweeks, phased retirement and voluntary reduced hours. An additional 13 percent have increased flexibility programs, while 6 percent have eliminated them. Among employers with more than 1,000 workers, there has been a 25 percent increase in flexibility programs. The study was the centerpiece of a July 23 hearing of the congressional Joint Economic Committee."(Workforce Management; free registration required)
Employees Appreciate Lighter Schedule During Summer Months, New Survey Suggests
Excerpt:"Flexible schedules (38%) and leaving work early on Fridays (32%) are the most coveted summer benefits, according to workers polled by OfficeTeam. Other benefits employees would appreciate include social activities such as a picnic or potluck party (6%) and a more relaxed dress code (5%).'Employees appreciate flexibility in their jobs because it gives them greater control and enables them to handle other commitments without sacrificing their work performance,'said Robert Hosking, executive director of OfficeTeam, in a press release."(PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required)
Rising Commuting Costs Prompts More Employer Help
Excerpt:"A new poll by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) finds the rising price of gas has prompted more companies to help employees with their commuting costs. According to SHRM, 61% of companies surveyed last month reported raising the amount they reimburse for gas to the federal cap of 55 cents a mile, up from 42% of companies a year ago."(PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required)
[Guidance Overview] Bureau of Labor Statistics Data on Employee Access to'Other Types of Benefits,'1979-2008
Excerpt:"Table 3 also shows the percent of workers with access to'other benefits'in 2008. . . . The benefits with the highest rate of worker access were work-related education assistance (50 percent) and employee assistance programs (42 percent). Among the benefits with lower access rates, 2 percent of workers in private industry had access to employer-provided personal computers for home use, and 3 percent of workers had access to employer provided child-care funds."(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Mandatory Employee Sick Leave Legislation Introduced in House of Representatives (PDF)
2 pages. Excerpt:"The current bill would require employers with at least 15 employees to allow workers to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick leave, to be used for specific purposes, for every 30 hours worked . . . . Notably, then-Senator Obama supported the Healthy Families Act during the 110th Congress, which increases the likelihood that the current version of the bill will receive serious consideration. Rumors from Capitol Hill are that there seems to be momentum on this issue, which is likely to increase if health reform efforts stall."(Miller Chevalier)
Paid Sick Days Bill Reworked as Groups Start Dialogue on Flexibility
Excerpt:"Legislation that would ensure paid sick leave for American workers has been modified because of employer concerns about the way that time off was provided in a previous version of the bill, according to Capitol Hill staff and advocates. Under the measure, which will be introduced within days, employees would earn one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours they work up to a total of 56 hours -- or seven days -- annually, said Karen Minatelli, director of work and family programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families."(Workforce Management; free registration required)
[Guidance Overview] California Changes Law to Add Some Flexibility to Rigid Alternative Workweek Schedule Rules
Excerpt:"Responding to employers'concerns about the inflexibility of California's alternative workweek schedule provisions, the California legislature and governor have enacted modest changes to add flexibility to those schedules. The changes will allow employers to offer a regular schedule of five eight-hour days in a workweek as an option. They also will allow more frequent switches between various menu options under an alternative workweek schedule, if multiple options were approved. The changes are effective on May 21, 2009."(Nixon Peabody LLP)
The Emerging New Workforce: Employment and Labor Law Solutions for Contract Workers, Temporaries, and Flex-Workers (PDF)
51 pages. Excerpt:"The purpose of this Report is to provide employers with the tools to prepare now for the employment and labor law challenges they will likely face when the post-recession workforce emerges. Littler predicts that'contingent workers'will constitute, on average, a full 50% of the new source of workers to whom employers will turn as the recession ends. The result of this trend will be that contingent workers will make up approximately 25% of the total workforce, and this percentage will continue to increase."(Littler Mendelson P.C.)
OPM Announces New Governmentwide Telework Policy
Excerpt:"Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry on Wednesday announced a broad new telework plan for employees, in part to deal with growing concern over the spread of swine flu in the United States.Berry, who said President Obama and the Cabinet are committed to expanding telework, met with department secretaries this week to discuss the importance of the practice as a continuity of operations measure in the face of the global disease."(GovernmentExecutive.com)
[Guidance Overview] Correction to Author of Link: Milwaukee Issues Draft Administrative Rules on Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, Schedules Public Hearing
An earlier link to this item misidentified its author; BenefitsLink apologizes for the error! Excerpt:"Draft administrative rules detail Milwaukee's new paid leave ordinance, which requires employers to provide employees in the city one hour of paid leave for every 30 hours worked (or 40 hours if fewer than 10 employees), up to a maximum of 72 hours per calendar year."(Mercer)
Recession Pushes Some Workers to Eschew Flexible Job Policies
Excerpt:"In good times, workers frequently seized the opportunity to use'flex time'and family leave, to telecommute and to take paid sick days. But, according to workplace consultants, human resources specialists and employees themselves, those days are slipping away. More workers are giving up those arrangements, or resisting asking about them in the first place, out of fears that doing so will make them appear less committed to their work and therefore more expendable."(The Washington Post; free registration required)
More Companies Are Cutting Labor Costs Without Layoffs
Excerpt:"A growing number of employers, hoping to avoid or limit layoffs, are introducing four-day workweeks, unpaid vacations and voluntary or enforced furloughs, along with wage freezes, pension cuts and flexible work schedules. These employers are still cutting labor costs, but hanging onto the labor."(The New York Times; free registration required)
[Guidance Overview] The Legal Implications of Nontraditional Workweeks
Excerpt:"As employers consider adopting nontraditional schedules, what some of them are not doing is taking a clear-eyed look at the wage and hour ramifications of these arrangements. There are potential pitfalls -- under both federal wage and hour law and the requirements of other jurisdictions -- that demand close attention."(Workforce Management; free registration required)
Mid-Atlantic Tech Companies Use Flexible Benefits to Attract Workers
Excerpt:"The findings of the KnowledgeBank 2008-2009 Total Compensation Survey of Mid-Atlantic Technology Companies suggest that responding companies embrace flexible human resource practices to recruit and retain staff in a challenging marketplace. According to a press release, 84% of respondent companies provide for variable work schedules and 64% encourage telecommuting. Other perks used to retain and recruit staff include providing special recognition awards (60%) and paying new hire bonuses for referrals (59%)."(PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required)
Survey Finds Organizations Are Realizing the Benefits of a Telecommuting Workforce
Excerpt:"The CompTIA study of 212 IT and other professionals in a range of industries shows that the benefits of telecommuting to organizations include improved employee productivity (67%), cost savings (59%), access to more qualified staff (39%), employee retention (37%), and improved employee health (25%)."(PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required)
The 2008 100 Best Companies for Working Moms
Excerpt:"We've hit the working-mother lode this year with our 100 Best Companies. From flextime and telecommuting to backup child care and parental leave, these winners are expanding the concept of family-friendly benefits to make sure they cover adoptive parents, fathers and grandparents as well as working mothers -- even as the economy stumbles."(Working Mother)
Cut Commuting Costs by Using Employer Benefits
Excerpt:"High cost of gasoline getting you down? Your employer may be willing to help.'Companies are embracing techniques to reduce commuting time and expense,'said Mitch Barnes, principal at Mercer, a New York-based benefits consulting firm.'It used to be that they did this to balance work-life issues. Now it's becoming more of an employee-driven economic issue.'"(Los Angeles Times)
Employers to Offer Benefits to Offset Higher Fuel Prices, New Study Shows
Excerpt:"Some employers plan to offer various benefits to employees to alleviate the impact of higher gasoline prices, including a compressed workweek and increased use of telecommuting, a new study has revealed. Within the next six months, 22 percent of employers plan to offer at least some of their employees the option of a four-day workweek, and 24 percent plan to allow more employees to telecommute, according to Mercer's 2008 Gas Price Impact SnapShot Survey."(Workforce Management; free registration required)
Employers Get Creative to Ease Impact of Gas Prices
Excerpt:"Organizations are taking a variety of creative steps to help their employees offset the high cost of gasoline, according to Mercer's 2008 Gas Price Impact SnapShot Survey. Within the next six months, almost one in four employers (22%) are for the first time planning to offer at least some of their employees the option of a four-day work week, and 24% are planning to allow more employees to telecommute . . . ."(PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required)
Work Schedules in the National Compensation Survey
Excerpt:"The work schedule is intended to reflect the hours of work performed in a particular job. In most cases, the actual schedule can be collected. There are times, however, when actual data are not available for a job. In those cases, the NCS attempts to collect the employer's best estimate of the work schedule. If the employer is unable or unwilling to make an estimate, the work schedule used is that of other similarly situated employees in the establishment, if available; if such a work schedule is not available, the job is not included in the calculation of NCS estimates."(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Retiring in Stages: Boomers Get More Options
Excerpt:"A study released Wednesday by Hewitt Associates found 61 percent of U.S. companies have or will develop programs that let workers retire in stages. The programs are intended to hold onto the experience of baby boomers, and ease the difficulty of replacing their skills. The study included 140 mid-size and large-size companies."(AP via The New York Times; free registration required)
How the Seven Largest Audit Firms Approach Flexible Work Arrangements
Excerpt:"Many companies of all types have responded to the workforce's growing demand for work-life balance with a raft of programs. But few have bent as far as the accounting firms. There, after only a couple years of employment, client-service staffers generally are free to work how, where, and when they want, bestowed with seemingly endless options for customizing their careers."(CFO.com)
European Court Says Employers Must Accommodate Caregivers
Excerpt:"A landmark European ruling effectively gives new rights to employees who are caregivers to sick, disabled, and elderly relatives. The Yorkshire Post reports that the European Court of Justice has declared that a directive banning discrimination in the workplace on grounds of disability not only applies to disabled people but also their caregivers. The ruling could result in a huge extension in flexible and part-time working arrangements, the news report said."(PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required)
Employee Benefits Like Flex-Time and Showers for Cyclists Can Save Gasand More
Excerpt:"Birmingham [Alabama] is just one of many cities, counties, and states turning to'flex-time'to help employees cope with $4-a-gallon gas. It's not a new concept, but if public and private employers made adjustable schedules more widely availablealong with telecommuting, mass-transit benefits, and bike facilitiesthe payoff would go far beyond fuel-cost relief."(The Christian Science Monitor)
Utah State Workers Move to Four-Day Week
Excerpt:"Many state workers in Utah are moving to a four-day work week next month in an effort to'conserve energy, save money, improve our air quality, and enhance customer service.'"(PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required)
Employers Pump Up Mileage Reimbursement, but Offer Little Relief for Costly Commutes
Excerpt:"Americans are likely to get only modest help from employers in easing pain at the pump. Two recent surveys show the primary way companies are responding has nothing to do with getting to work."(Workforce Management; free registration required)
Telework: A Green Solution for the 21st Century's Employee Crisis
Excerpt:"Experts have debated at length the cost/benefit analysis of telework from productivity, security, and work-life standpoints, but one thing is for certain. Rising energy costs and the trickling economy have lead to a nationwide cash crunch. New data suggests that telework can contribute strongly to reducing pollution, energy consumption and overhead costs for companies."(Employee Benefit News; free registration required)
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