Reports & Research

 

THE australian diversity and equality survey

The Australian Diversity and Equality Survey (ADES) is a bi-annual survey of Australian diversity practitioners undertaken by the Equal Employment Opportunity Network of Australia (EEONA). Its aim is to consolidate and mine the rich practical insights of diversity practitioners re:

  • Why are organisations interested in diversity?
  • How do organisations implement a diversity agenda?
  • What are the implementation challenges/ solutions?

In 2008, with the assistance of the Work/Life Association there was a special focus on flexibility. Download a copy of the report and presentation by the EEONA Chair.


The victorian equal opportunity & equal rights commission (2008) women, rights and equality: what do they want now? report

Qualitative Research commissioned by The Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission

 www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/publications/reports%20and%20discussion%20papers/women%20rights%20and 20equality.as

 

BOSTON COLLEGE CENTER FOR WORK AND FAMILY (2008)

OVERCOMING THE IMPLEMENTATION GAP: HOW 20 LEADING COMPANIES ARE MAKING FLEXIBILITY WORK REPORT

The Boston College Center for Work and Family has conducted a study of model programs for the implementation of flexible work arrangements in twenty-first century workplaces. The study is designed to get beyond simple lists of programs and policies to provide details as to how to implement and sustain flexible work arrangements. Some of the flexible work arrangements examined include: teleworking, part-time and reduced workload, job-sharing, alternative work schedules, and programs that link business results with flexible work arrangements

www.bc.edu/centers/cwf/meta-elements/pdf/Flex_ExecutiveSummary_for_web.pdf

 

THE HUDSON REPORT

The Hudson Report is a quarterly publication that examines human resource issues impacting the Australian economy. The current report consists of interviews with 7,185 employers across Australia and examines the challenges of engaging and retaining talent in a complex employment landscape.

Key findings of the report include:

  • Despite the current climate of low unemployment, skills shortages and low employee loyalty, only 27.9% of employers surveyed by Hudson recognised that retention is a problem for their organisation.
  • Of those employers who recognise they have a retention problem, the majority believe that it has had the most impact on service delivery (32.2%) and company morale (25.1%).
  • Flexible work options are the most highly regarded and most commonly used engagement initiative, followed by financial incentives.
  • To successfully combat retention problems, organisations must take a holistic and flexible approach to their employee engagement and retention strategy.

 au.hudson.com

 

McCrindle Work Life Balance Study

The McCrindle study of 3000 Australian workers shows that work life balance is the no1 retention and attraction factor (even above salary).

www.mccrindle.com.au/snapshots/WorkLifeBalance.pdf


Hewitt best employer in australia and new zealand 2006/07 report

HR consulting company Hewitt Partners undertakes an annual survey of Australian and New Zealand organisations to determine the two countries' best employers.  Key attributes of Best Employers include alignment between the organisations’ goals, strategies, culture, systems and human resource practices.

was7.hewitt.com/bestemployers/anz/pdfs/2006_07_hewitt_best_employers_in_anz_highlights_report.pdf

 

 

Events

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.

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For presentations from the Right to Request Flexible Work business forum held on 19 May click here.

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What's News

President 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.

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Towards 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.

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Australian 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.

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Flexibility 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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