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Flextime Is Declining, But “Flex Around the Edges” Is Up

Harvard Business Review

Are such “right to request” laws indicators of a rise in flextime? Or do they reflect a fear that flextime programs are being eliminated? Extended flextime, such as job sharing, part-time work, and sabbaticals, is an even stronger employee magnet. The answer seems to be a confusing “both.”

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The Year in Management, Told in 20 Charts

Harvard Business Review

So as is required among most all digital editors at the end of each calendar year, I’ve gone through the entirety of 2014’s charts, tables, and other visuals we’ve published for HBR.org – hundreds in all – to highlight 20 that tell particularly interesting stories. Sure, flextime is OK.

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Give Your Organization a Work-Life Vision

Harvard Business Review

The Families and Work Institute’s 2014 National Study of Employers finds that, compared to six years ago when it conducted the same survey, several numbers have moved in the right direction: Employers have continued to increase their provision of options that allow at least some employees to better manage the times and places in which they work.