Why flexible schedules benefit businesses

Flexible work options make for happier employees, but managers often need more than personal anecdotes to be persuaded that flexibility won’t harm the bottom line.

A new report finds that, in fact, it does help profitability, based on internal data drawn from 28 major firms. The companies – members of Corporate Voices for Working Families (CVWF), the nonprofit partnership that published the report – were willing to go public to show how various flex programs positively affected everything from employee retention to customer service.

By Stacy A. Teicher | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

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