Making Work-Life Flexibility Work

Are your employees seeking work-life flexibility? While having flexibility in when, where and how you work is increasingly becoming the norm at companies of all sizes, a new study, the Work+Life Fit Reality Check, reveals there are still some roadblocks in the way.
Among the findings of the study, conducted by the Flex+Strategy Group:

• Eleven percent of respondents said that their use of work-life flexibility increased and 76 percent said it stayed the same during the recession.
• While in the recovery, 10 percent thought their level of use of work-life flexibility would increase and 82 percent felt it would stay the same.
• Compared to this time last year, 66 percent report they have the same amount of work-life flexibility, and 17 percent saw an increased amount.
• Sixty-six percent believe employee health, morale and productivity suffer as a result of having no work-life flexibility.
• Those who worried about making less money due to improved work-life flexibility decreased from 45 percent in 2006 to 21 percent this year.
• Those who worried about a boss saying no to more work-life balance decreased from 32 percent five years ago to just 13 percent this year.
• Those who worried others wouldn’t think they worked hard if they had work-life flexibility decreased from 39 percent in 2006 to to only 11 percent this year.
• The biggest obstacle to work-life flexibility was lack of time/increased workload, cited by with 29 percent.

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