White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility

Two Different Realities About Workplace Flexibility

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Galinsky

Low-wage employees tend to be less satisfied with their jobs and in poorer physical and mental health than higher-wage employees. And that's where flexibility comes in.

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The Dutch Have Daddy Days -- Why Not Us?

Rex Flexibility | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rex Flexibility

The idea that a man could work thirty hours a week, be a successful professional and still take one day off to hang out with his kids simply isn't in our frame of reference. Why not?

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For Mother's Day, Hope for Work-Life Balance and Workplace Flexibility

David Gray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Enterprise Institute, Fair Labor Standards Act, Work-Life Balance, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Mother's Day, Work Life Balance Award Act of 2010, House Worker Protection Subcommittee, White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility, Business News
David Gray

President Obama's White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility could create incentives for business policies that help mothers, and all Americans, find more work-life balance.

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Peaceful Revolution: Champion Real Workplace Flexibility

Netsy Firestein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Netsy Firestein

A key task for the Obama Administration is to filter existing workplace policies and champion those that give workers control over work time without risking wages, benefits or job security.

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