Flextime is associated with an increase in job satisfaction, a decrease in absenteeism, and an increase in productivity
Karen Christensen:Why is it so important for today’s managers to embrace the idea of flextime?
Sanford Devoe: The passing of a demographic milestone in the U.S. – women comprising fully half of the workforce – has renewed calls for updating the structure of work to meet the needs of the 21st century family. The availability of flexible work schedules, or flextime, is one tool that is critical to addressing the challenges families confront. In fact, it has been the most widely adopted work-family practice among medium and large private-sector employers.
[This article has been reprinted, with permission, from Rotman Management, the magazine of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management]