Workplace Flexibility: Innovative Strategies for an Evolving Workforce

Training Provided by Lorman Education Services nOver the last three decades, the needs of the American workforce have changed dramatically. In response, many businesses have turned to workplace flexibility in order to recruit and retain the best workers, boost productivity and increase their competitive advantage. At the same time, policymakers in Washington have been exploring various approaches for increasing access to workplace flexibility across industries and professions. n nThis teleconference will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the broad range of practices and policies that are part of the field of workplace flexibility, and how employers in a range of industries and regions are using flexibility to improve business and employee outcomes. You will gain the ability to communicate effectively about policy approaches on workplace flexibility currently being considering in Washington - and understand how those policies may impact your business practices and strategies. More critically, you will learn about the challenges and opportunities for business and government to work together to develop workplace flexibility policies that meet the needs of both employees and employers.

Workplace Flexibility: Innovative Strategies for an Evolving Workforce Agenda

1:00 pm - 1:15 pm

1. Overview - Our Evolving Workforce and the Need for Workplace Flexibility
1. Understanding Powerful Demographic Shifts in the Workplace and Beyond, Including the Rise of Dual-Earner Households, the Aging of the Workforce and the Aging of the General Population
2. Understanding How These Shifts Have Created a Serious Mismatch Between Workplace Structures and the Needs of the Modern Workforce
3. Understanding How Workplace Flexibility Can Help Meet the Needs of Our Changing Workforce - and Improve Outcomes for Business, Families and Society

1:15 pm - 1:40 pm

2. Defining Workplace Flexibility - Three Buckets
1. Flexible Work Arrangements, Definition and Examples
1. How Strategies Like Compressed Workweeks, Telecommuting and Phased Retirement Are Boosting Productivity and Efficiency in a Range of Industries Across the Country
2. Career Maintenance and Re-Entry, Definition and Examples
1. How to Engage Employees Who Are Reentering the Workforce After Leaving for a Period of Time
3. Time off, Definition and Examples
1. How Best to Manage the Needs of Both Employees and Employers When Workers Must Access Short-Term, Episodic or Extended Time Off

1:40 pm - 2:00 pm

3. Implementing and Managing Flexibility - How It Can Work for Both Employees and Employers
1. Success Stories and Best Practices From the Private Sector (Including Small, Medium and Large Businesses)
2. Success Stories and Best Practices From the Public Sector

2:00 pm - 2:20 pm

4. The Role of Public Policy - an Overview of the National Conversation on Workplace Flexibility
1. The Current State of Play in Washington - Congress and the New Administration
2. Pending Proposals for Advancing Workplace Flexibility - Implications for Employees and Employers
3. Workplace Flexibility 2010's Policy Platform - Increasing Access to Flexible Work Arrangements, and Career Maintenance and Reentry

2:20 pm - 2:30 pm

5. Questions and Answers

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