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Workplace Flexibility Toolkits for Hourly Employees and Managers
Tips and Tools for Managers (2010): To access an individual worksheet, please click one of the worksheet links below.
Worksheet: Tips For Creating A Flexible Work Environment: Tips on how to make a flexible work environment work.
Worksheet: Tips For Managing A Dispersed Team: Telework is one of the fastest-growing flexible workarrangements for hourly and nonexempt employees, particularly foradministrative assistants and customer service representatives. In some cases,employees are hired as home-based employees. Therefore, managers areincreasingly faced with managing dispersed teams of employees, some of whomwork in the office, some of whom work off-site occasionally or on a regularbasis (teleworkers) and some of whom are remote workers, rarely working at acompany office.
Worksheet: Manager Discussion Guide - Meeting Outlines: Includes meeting outlines and discussion topics.
Worksheet: Flexible Management Self-Assessment: To effectively manage employees in a flexible workenvironment, it is important to base your actions and decisions on realinformation versus impressions, assumptions or fears. This self-reflectionshould provide you with guidance about how you might enhance your flexible managementpractices.
Worksheet: Establishing Team-Based Flexibility - Discussion Guide For Managers: This discussion guide is designed to assist managers inleading meaningful discussions with their workgroups (both on-site workers andteleworkers/remote workers) about how to use flexible work practices toincrease team effectiveness.
To download the comprehensive guide for implementing flexibility programs with an hourly and nonexempt workforce, click the "Download File" link below.
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Tips and Tools for Hourly Employees (2010): To access an individual worksheet, please click one of the worksheet links below.
Worksheet: Tips For Proposing A Flexible Work Arrangement: These tips will provide guidance for employees when proposing a flexible work arrangement, whether a formal process is in place ornot.
Worksheet: Proposing A Flexible Work Arrangement Worksheet: This worksheet will help you think about your potentialflexible work arrangement and develop your proposal. Use this worksheet beforespeaking with your manager.
Worksheet: Flexible Work Arrangements - Employee Self-Assessment Checklist: This checklist will help you consider whether you and yourjob are compatible with a particular flexible work option.
Worksheet: Tips & Strategies For Successful Flexible Work Arrangements & Occasional Flexibility: Flexible work arrangements and using occasional flexibilityrepresent an approach to how, when and where work gets done that differs frommany traditional assumptions. You should consider these tips that have beenshown to support the effective use of flexible scheduling.
Worksheet: Tips For Successful Telework/Remote Work: When implemented successfully, telework/remote work benefitsthe business, teams and individuals. Successful telework/remote work requiresdrawing on strong time management and organizational skills and being intentionalabout communicating and maintaining relationships.
To download the comprehensive guide for implementing flexibility programs with an hourly and nonexempt workforce, click the "Download File" link below.
Related News and Events
- Corporate Voices Toolkits Provide Tips and Tools for Implementing Workplace Flexibility with an Hourly and Nonexempt Workforce
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:Complete Post - Corporate Voices Study Links Workplace Flexibility for Hourly Workers/Attainment of Business Financial Goals and Core Objectives
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:Complete Post - Corporate Voices for Working Families Supports Legislation to Increase Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Limits
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:Complete Post - House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Considers Legislation to Increase Flexibility and Supports for Working Families
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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