Research also shows that workplace flexibility can help employers retain talent.

The When Work Works initiative is grounded in the results of rigorous research on workplace effectiveness and flexibility, which reveals that when flexibility is used as a tool to help business and employees, both can win. In other words, working flexibly can enhance employees' effectiveness, engagement, and commitment on the job, and improves employees' well-being.

In fact, research shows that in organizations with high levels of flexibility:

• 66 percent of employees report high levels of job engagement and commitment. In organizations with low levels of flexibility, this number drops to 56 percent;
• 72 percent of employees plan to remain with their employers for the next year. In organization with low levels of flexibility, only 49 percent do; and
• 67 percent of employees report high levels of job satisfaction. In organizations with low levels of flexibility, only 23 percent are.

For more research findings on workplace flexibility and other work life issues, click the links above.

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