HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2023

Encourage flexible work arrangements: Offering flexible work arrangements, such as telecommuting, flextime, and compressed workweeks, can be an effective way to promote work and balance. Strategies for Promoting a Balance Between Work and Life 1.

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HR Digest

APRIL 7, 2021

What about flextime? If you get hold of the person on phone, be sure to be upfront that you’re regarding this discussion as confidence, and then ask them to tell you about their experience. Here are some questions you may consider: How would you describe the company culture? Does the company encourage employees to take vacations?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 17, 2020

For example: NEED FLEXTIME. If you are in-between jobs, then present the gap as an opportunity to do something positive and how you have utilized the same to gain some new skills or upskills. If the reasons for unemployment are because of some issues like a layoff, ethical or work pressure, then just touch on it in passing.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2019

The widespread use of flextime and remote work means that your success and productivity in a job will be judged by your results – not where or when you accomplished them. In a general sense, employers will probably not “take care” of people the way they do today.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2019

Some examples of this include travel perks, “cherry” projects, flextime, and more. If they are seen, contacting the HR department or an attorney is a smart move. Inconsistent Standards. Are other people in the office or workplace receiving preferential treatment? Goals Change and Progress Disregarded.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 3, 2019

A unique, relevant, and compelling EVP is the perfect amalgamation of tangible rewards received by employees (such as compensation and benefits) and intangible rewards (such as company culture, flextime, meaningful opportunities, etc.). Some job seekers value flextime, learning, and cool projects.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

An author writing a book on motivational techniques asked for my thoughts: How do you feel about increased Personal Time Off as an incentive? Job sharing? Work from home? Employer-sponsored socializing (BBQs, bowling, game night, etc.)? Are there any hidden drawbacks to these incentives?

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Do you offer a variety of work time models like flextime, part-time, job sharing or remote work? Provide information about your organization’s support options. Do you offer extended paid parental leave , e.g., extending the legally required minimum duration or payment?

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Flextime allows you to complete your work commitments as well as childcare. If that is the case then you may choose to make a complaint of unfair dismissal to an unemployment tribunal. Flexible working. It is your right as a working mother to make a statutory request for flexible working.

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HR Digest

JULY 6, 2022

How can I formally request my boss that I want to continue working flextime? In your email, stay focused on specific benefits to the company and why your flextime arrangement would result in improved productivity and make you a better employee. Your manager might be more receptive to your request than they would have been in the past.

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HR Digest

JUNE 1, 2023

While many companies are slowly adopting to flextime and working from home , Can HR managers Work from Home, too? Can HR Managers Work From Home? The answer is yes they can. However, their efficiency and productivity depends on a number of factors.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

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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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the COVID-19 pandemic, and the remaining American workforce feels more burnt out by the day, according to a national survey released by Monster. It turns out, working in your PJs, avoiding the commute and answering emails from a hammock is not all it’s cracked up to be.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Sure, flextime is OK. What smart products do people actually want? Do employees like negative feedback? And what’s the strangest educational background for a member of the Fed (this is my favorite)? But high performers would rather just get paid more. No one wants a smart, connected wine bottle.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The studies showed that fathers tend to use informal workarounds to spend more time with their kids; they should instead be encouraged to use formal ones, including flextime, telecommuting and compressed work weeks. Bosses who ask dads about their family should become the norm, not the exception, in every industry.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

We can’t and probably don’t want to know the details about these teams, but as Solomon points out, if organizations really understood the workplace effects of strong outside relationships, they might be more receptive to policies like flextime and telecommuting that make it easier for employees to spend time with their significant others.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

We can’t and probably don’t want to know the details about these teams, but as Solomon points out, if organizations really understood the workplace effects of strong outside relationships, they might be more receptive to policies like flextime and telecommuting that make it easier for employees to spend time with their significant others.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

We can’t and probably don’t want to know the details about these teams, but as Solomon points out, if organizations really understood the workplace effects of strong outside relationships, they might be more receptive to policies like flextime and telecommuting that make it easier for employees to spend time with their significant others.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

Moreover, when HR does institutionalize formal “work-life” programs like formal flextime or telecommuting, the effect is often to produce negative consequences for those using them.) But sometimes, in their tendency to focus on risks and avoid worse-case abuses, these policies serve to discourage supervisors from doing what makes sense.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

For instance, while more hours worked, less vacation time taken, and less opportunity for flextime generally relate to lower well-being in our studies, that doesnt hold true when workers are engaged in the workplace. It turns out that among engaged employees, their well-being remains high, regardless of these types of policies.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2014

In fact, this is why most flextime arrangements mandate “core hours” for all employees. When a team has sufficient interaction and overlapping duties, they can be well coordinated even if some team members occasionally work alternate schedules or partially from home.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Many companies also need to adopt more progressive policies regarding flextime, career stops, job sharing, and other alternative career paths. As our report indicates, female employees at some companies still face discriminatory hiring and advancement policies. Such policies are often illegal but nonetheless remain in practice.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Maybe you were contemplating a change in employment policies such as flextime or one in customer-facing processes such as a new billing system. Think about the last time you considered introducing a significant change in your enterprise with the intention of improving organizational effectiveness.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2015

Employers don’t necessarily have to institute formal programs to allow for telecommuting or flextime. Workers are able to make the most productive use of their working hours when they can adjust the time and place of their work to best avoid conflicts with other responsibilities.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

Flextime provides an opportunity for employees to match their work schedules to their own circadian rhythms. This requires knowing the chronotype of each employee and using that information when developing work schedules.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 5, 2019

And so, it is a reflection of how your company supports your work-life balance, flextime, opportunities for growth and promotion, perks, and so forth. Flextime: According to a 2015 study by the Society of Human Resource Management , 80% of employers saw a spike in employee morale and engagement due to flexible work arrangements.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

So what are some of the best practices around flexible work and flextime? Technology makes it possible to work almost from anywhere, and the increasingly global economy will force mobility and flexibility in dramatic ways. Organizations will have to fundamentally rethink how they hire and sustain the best and brightest.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 5, 2020

During a wage freeze, Natalie Wolowitz, executive vice president at an Illinois-based staffing agency, suggests looking at other aspects of the job that can be negotiated – such as flextime, a LinkedIn or edX learning account, stipend for holiday travel, tuition reimbursement or stock options, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Flextime programs have never been more popular than they are today. make the case that depending on what the manager attributes the flextime use to, the employee may be either rewarded or penalized. make the case that depending on what the manager attributes the flextime use to, the employee may be either rewarded or penalized.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Culture is what really defines how much latitude people have in terms of managing their work and non-work demands, whether or not there’s a flextime policy on the books. For a striking example, think back a year to the sad story of Moritz Erhardt.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

He started interviewing, taking flextime to travel to the meetings. Frustrated, he began entertaining other options and was soon contacted by a headhunter about a position in a nearby city. It was a clear promotion for Ray and an opportunity to join a more fast-paced organization. And he kept the process to himself. "I

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

A Gallup poll showed that, even when workplaces offered benefits such as flextime and work-from-home opportunities, engagement predicted wellbeing above and beyond anything else. For these reasons, many companies have established a wide variety of perks from working from home to office gyms.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2011

Among the suggestions and solutions aired by conference attendees: Flextime is still relatively unknown in China.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Flextime and programmatic help would help ease the burden. Two-thirds of the women surveyed say they would not have quit their jobs if flexible work arrangements had been available. This is a case where change is driven by employers," says Gail Fierstein, Managing Director – Human Capital Management at Goldman Sachs.

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