Human Resource: Women Want Flexibility Is The Human Resources Department Listening

Saturday, May 28, 2005

Women Want Flexibility Is The Human Resources Department Listening

Flexibility Key to Retaining Women

In the workplace, employers need to take into account women who take a temporary "off-ramp" from their careers. Here is how to keep them connected to your company. An excerpt from Harvard Business Review.


by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce

Employers can no longer pretend that treating women as "men in skirts" will fix their retention problems. Like it or not, large numbers of highly qualified, committed women need to take time out. The trick is to help them maintain connections that will allow them to come back from that time without being marginalized for the rest of their careers. [...]

Provide flexibility in the day. Some women don't require reduced work hours; they merely need flexibility in when, where, and how they do their work. Even parents who employ nannies or have children in day care, for example, must make time for teacher conferences, medical appointments, volunteering, child-related errands—not to mention the days the nanny calls in sick or the day care center is closed. Someone caring for an invalid or a fragile elderly person may likewise have many hours of potentially productive time in a day yet not be able to stray far from home.

Complete Article at HBR

Regarding this issue several companies like Airbus, GE, etc, offer special treatment to their female employees. Even in India companies like Reliance, Wipro many new BPOs have flexible working plans for their female staff.



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