Flex Work - keeping people employed and maintaining profitability

Did anyone here remember President Obama referring to job-share as an alternative to someone losing 100% of employment.

Sandy Burud's picture

Volunteers?

The NY Times article talks about fairness and how difficult it can be for some people to have their pay reduced.

Karol Rose's picture

In these challenging times,

In these challenging times, it's great that the media and employers are seeing the 'light' re flexibility as part of the solution, and companies are creating more flexible work options as a way to manage their staffing needs and cut costs. However, in the past when there was a major event -- think hurricane, 9/11, bridge collapse, etc. -- and organizations and individuals

Barbara Vigilante's picture

Employers should adopt a social conscience:

newly laid off employees will have a difficult time finding new employment, as well,