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In Australian workplaces today employers are continually facing difficulties in retaining staff and maintaining employee loyalty. Employers are facing much greater competition for human capital and will need to increase their use of flexible work practices to stay ahead of the game.
Flexibility - it’s an important part of Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) workplace culture
and it’s a loyal staff that is benefiting from the company’s leading range of work arrangements
and leave options...
Basic Connections is a call centre established in 1994 by two Directors, each of whom had young families. Implementing a flexible working policy which is used by 51% of the staff, individuals enjoy the flexibility to decide on their days and working hours. Many cannot arrive before 9.30am as they have to take children to school. They may also need to leave at 2.45pm and only work during term time. Extended leave can be taken during school holidays. Home working is available where appropriate.
Happy Computers is an IT training company that seeks to combine technical expertise and excellent training skills with an enjoyable learning environment.
Northern Foods, a member of the Employers' Alliance for Work-Life Balance, has introduced a range of flexible working policies across all its companies, including paternity leave, flexible shift-working, compassionate leave, and, at one or two sites, after school clubs. Park Cakes in Oldham offers a subsidy to employees using a local nursery and out of school holiday club, reducing the need for staff to use their leave to look after children, a policy that has reduced absenteeism during school holiday periods.
As the Executive Director of an Organisational Development consultancy with its major focus on the engagement of contractors and consultants for all stages of a project, Denise Hall is practically an expert on management consultant brokering and facilitating business relationships. It is refreshing, but perhaps not surprising, therefore, to see she is mastering the art of recruitment and retention within her own organisation, and everyone is a winner.
Job-sharing is a familiar concept in many functional
roles, but not many companies take that approach to the CEO
role. Following the untimely death of Mattel Australia's
local CEO in 2001, Mattel decided to make the CEO role a
shared responsibility.
Country Road has chosen to improve employment flexibility, and has implemented family-friendly initiatives in order to improve rates of staff returning from maternity leave. It also hopes to reduce staff turnover rates, improve employee morale and attract quality candidates to the company.
Each organisation is a unique community made up of people with individual needs. In our knowledge-based organisations, without the people there is simply no organisation. Many employers, realising that people are their most important asset, are providing individual solutions to ensure that both employees’ and business needs are being met. In the book we look at how two best-practice organizations, AMP Financial Services and the Body Shop, are dealing with the implementation of flexible practices.
Judith and Julie job shared three different positions and promotions together over a successful 13 year 'shared' career. An interesting and inspiring story.
