Flexible work arrangements are generallyfairly successful, and they will likely become more prevalent.Individual human resource professionals assume that companies thatoffer FWAs to some workers will make them available to more.However, most of them don’t see FWAs being offered to moreemployees at their own workplace.

These are among the findings of the Society for Human ResourceManagement’s survey, 2014 Workplace Flexibility—Overview of FlexibleWork Arrangements.

This disconnect between what employers actually offer and whatHR people think everyone else offers were among the relatively fewanomalies of a survey the results of which otherwise supportedincreasingly ramped up FWAs as a way to increase productivity andemployee engagement.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.