The Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI): Concepts, Methodology and Rationale.
Centre for Work + Life, Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies, University of South Australia.
McDonald, P., Pini, B. & Bradley, L. (2007)
The Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI) is a new work-life measure that was designed as a tool to inform the community, individuals, employers, unions and governments about the state of work-life interaction and its effects. The Centre for Work + Life plans to collect AWALI data annually.
The Index is designed to meet the requirements of policy makers and researchers. It is a short, simple and user friendly instrument that is easy to interpret. However, it is also based on careful and thorough consideration of the research literature and has a sound theoretical foundation (Pocock et al., 2007:4).
Category D in the AWALI is ‘working conditions’. Item D9 refers to work schedule flexibility and it was sourced from the UK government’s HSE Management Standards Indicator Tool (Cousins et al., 2004).
A new book by Vilma Faoro, is a practical ‘how to’ guide to help employees and managers successfully implement and sustain flexible work solutions.
Featuring numerous case studies and interviews with business leaders and individuals, the book educates managers and employees on both the mechanics and behaviours that ensure a successful and sustainable flexible work solution. The emphasis is to achieve a win-win outcome for the business and individual seeking to work flexibly. The book is available in bookstores.
Reducing Role Overload in the Health Care Sector
You are invited to attend a special forum on the topic of Reducing Role Overload in the Health Care Sector arranged by the Work/Life Association in conjunction with Monash University's Australian Centre for Research in Employment and Work (ACREW) and Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association.
+ MoreFor presentations from the Right to Request Flexible Work business forum held on 19 May click here.
+ MorePresident Obama and Michelle Obama are taking a keen interest in workplace flexibility
The Obama Administration announced plans to hold a Forum on Workplace Flexibility on March 31st at the White House.
+ MORETowards flexibility being the “new normal” in the American workplace
A recently released US report from Workplace Flexibility 2010, a Georgetown Law-based think tank, outlines a comprehensive set of policy solutions to expand Americans’ access to flexible work arrangements (FWAs) such as compressed workweeks, predictable schedules, and telework. The common-ground solutions described in the report can benefit both working families and businesses.
+ MOREAustralian men yearn for work/life balance
This article reports on a growing trend among males in the workforce to be wanting to better match their work and family responsibilities.
+ MOREFlexibility for men and women and all ages
Perhaps one the key to normalizing flexibility in the workplace is for men to speak up about their desire to have the same flexibility for family time as many women have been expressing and acting on for years.
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