The ACREW Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Checklist of Work/life Best Practice© is intended for use by managers responsible for work/life and diversity issues in organisations to assist them comprehensively report outcomes of work/life initiatives. In addition, the results can be used to demonstrate to senior level management the value and impact of work-life initiatives at the organisation and individual levels.
Use of this tool will set out a framework for you and your organisation to move towards. This is not a test but an opportunity to identify where your organisation might be able to progress.
Use of this tool will set out a framework for you and your organisation to move towards. This is not a test but an opportunity to identify where your organisation might be able to progress.
Take the time to complete the checklist. Initially do this fairly quickly and intuitively. Later on it can be done with more rigour to assess progress.
At the end of each of the 4 sections you will be able to assess where you sit in relation to each element and these results can be used to create a Strategy Map at the end of the checklist.
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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