INFLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS.

For all the talk in recent years about the need for businesses to offer greater flexibility in when and where employees get their work done, a recent first-of-its-kind report from the U.S. federal government suggests that there has not yet been enough action.

The survey (pdf) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) looked at whether employees have opportunities to work remotely and whether they can alter their schedules, as both practices are often grouped together under the term flexibility. (The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's National Workplace Flexibility Initiative, for example, defines (pdf) "flexible work arrangements" as altering "the time and/or place that work is conducted on a regular basis — in a manner that is as manageable and predictable as possible for both employees and employers."). https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/Inflexible-work-arrangements?gko=ea6fe&utm_source=itw&utm_medium=itw20191107&utm_campaign=resp