Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor

• Flex Options easy reference chart:
  Types & Definitions of Flexibility in the Workplace
   
• Research: Work & Family: Speakers Highlight Research Studies on Health Benefits of Workplace Flexibility

The specific goal of the “Flex-Options” at Department of Labor, Region 10 Women’s Bureau project is to help businesses create or enhance workplace flexibility policies and programs for their workforces. The program brings together corporate executives and entrepreneurs who volunteer to mentor business owners interested in developing flexible workplace policies and programs. By encouraging entrepreneurs to focus on work redesign and implementing flexible work options, employees will improve their ability to manage work and life responsibilities. Business owners will realize positive bottom line impacts as well. As part of the efforts in Region 10, the Twiga Foundation is recruiting employers in Idaho who wish to participate in these working sessions on workplace flexibility. If you are an Idaho business and are interested in participating in this important project, please contact us at The Twiga Foundation.

July 16, 2009 – Women’s Bureau and the Twiga Foundation to Conduct Flex-Option Survey

This summer the Twiga Foundation is contracting with the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor to conduct a Flex-Option Survey with employers in the Region 10 area. Businesses, organizations or agencies which have implemented flex-option arrangements in their workplace, have won the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence, or have previously attended District 10 Flex-Option events will be contacted to participate in this survey.

A series of questions have been designed by the Twiga Foundation to learn more about the sustainability and impact that workplace flexible policies and practices have had in their workplaces. Twiga staff will survey participants by using telephone calls, e-mails, or on-site visits to gather information from these employers. Information such as, how widely workplace flexibility practices are used within their workplace, their most popular practices, the impact of their workplace flexibility practices on individual families, community and environment, as well as sustainability issues will all be addressed in these interviews.

Following this survey process, the Twiga Foundation will create a final report detailing the findings reported by the employers and entrepreneurs who participated in these interviews and will provide the Women’s Bureau with the content of this draft report for future publication.

If your business or organization is interested in participating in this survey you can contact the Twiga Foundation and ask to speak with Patricia Kempthorne, or the Project Coordinator, Patricia Earley (208-343-1551), for additional information. (For your review, dialogue for this survey will focus on the list of questions attached as a Microsoft Word document – click here to review.)

• 2008 – May 16 Workshop – Agenda – Transitions Towards Flexibility (Coeur d’Alene, ID)
• 2008 – May 16 Workshop – Comments from Participants