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• Just The Facts, Please! (PDF, will open in new window) A compilation of facts from a variety of organizations and publications pointing overwhelmingly to the needs and benefits of workplace flexibility.
• What’s Your Hiring Priority? (PDF, will open in new window) The benefits of aligning your hiring process with the changing workforce.

Links to Resources on Workplace Flexibility

All links below are to other web sites, and will open in a new browser window.

• www.whenworkworks.org (examples of companies who are creative about “making work work!”)
• www.culturerx.com (founders of Best Buy’s Results Only Work Environment)
• www.teleworkexchange.com (a private-public partnership promoting telework)
• The Future of Work blog (http://www.thefutureofwork.net/blog/) (an ongoing discussion on the changing workplace)
• www.gilgordon.com (provides a variety of telework resources)
• Building the Business Case for Flexibility by Catalyst

Links to Information on the Changing Workforce

• New Workforce Reality Study by Simmons School of Management
• The National Study of the Changing Workforce by Families and Work Institute
• National Study of Employers by Families and Work Institute
• Global Workforce Roundtable by Boston College
• Alliance for Work Life Progress
• Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Dept. of Labor
• Families and Work Institute
• Catalyst
• Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• Penn State Center for Work and Family Research 

Eye-Opening Stats

If people actually took advantage of telecommuting policies, the share of telecommuters would grow from 11 percent to 25 percent. The total savings from full use of telecommuting would amount to $3.9 billion in fuel, and time savings equal to 470,000 jobs. [Source: 2005/2006 National Technology Readiness Survey, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland]

Best Buy’s “Results Only Work Environment,” which allowed employees to “work when and where they like, as long as they get the job done,” resulted [in its first three months] in a reduction in turnover from 14% to zero, a 10% increase in job satisfaction, and a 35% increase in team performance scores. [Source: Time Magazine, July 25, 2005]

A study of 1400 attorneys was conducted by Catalyst, finding that 84% of women and 66% of men rated the desire for “an environment supportive of my family and personal commitments” first on the list of reasons that would cause them to leave their firm for another.

“Having flexibility enabled Deloitte & Touche to avoid an estimated $27 million in turnover costs during fiscal 2003.” [Source: AWLP-Fortune Magazine Special Section]