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Do you want to improve profits and productivity?

Are employee engagement, motivation and retention important to you?

Is stress, burnout, bullying or harassment an issue in your workplace?

Do you want to comply with the National Employment Standards flexibility requirements?

Do you want to tap into your life direction or find a satisfying career that enables work/life balance?

Then our leading edge training, coaching and management solutions will help you:

Create sustainable flexible workplaces,

Achieve a balance between your work and personal life,

Provide best practice programs, tools, policies and guidelines that support flexible and high performing work cultures.

Recognised as an authority in this field, Flexibility At Work has been the finalist judge
for the National HR Awards, Health and Wellbeing category and undertook the 2008
review of the CCH Australia & New Zealand Equal Opportunity Law & Practice.

Flexibility At Work proudly sponsors the Women, Management & Work conference

Launch of "The Small Business Work & Family Tookit"!

The Small Business Work & Family Toolkit provides the tools, information and support needed to successfully implement flexible work practices.

With more than a decade of experience in small business and with helping workplaces implement flexible work options, we know the challenges that need to be met. We have developed The Toolkit to address these substantial challenges. We also know the opportunities that can result from well managed work/life programs such as improved profits and productivity, and look forward to working with you to capitalise on these opportunities.

Our Small Business Toolkit offers outstanding value and includes:

A Work/Life Audit

Consultation Process

Job Sharing Guidelines

Part-time Work Guidelines

Home Based Work Guidelines

Leave Arrangement Guidelines

Flexible Workplace Policies

Training and Coaching Programs.

A great deal of wasted time and expense can occur when workplaces “reinvent the wheel” when it comes to implementing flexible work programs. Small businesses can now take advantage of our extensive experience with family friendly work arrangements and benefit from the cost savings that our Toolkit provides. For further details contact Flexibility At Work on Tel: (02) 9402 4741 and see The Small Business Work & Family Toolkit page

Flexibility At Work will be providing presentations on implementing Flexible Work Practices and the Work & Family Grants Program

on 5 June, 9 June and 29 June 2009.

News Flash!!! Small Business Work and Family Grants Program

Under the Fresh Ideas for Work and Family Grants Program, small businesses can apply to DEEWR for funding of $5,000 to $15,000 to assist them in meeting the set-up costs of implementing family friendly work arrangements. You can contact Flexibility At Work to help you set up your family friendly work arrangements.

Leading edge training and coaching programs

Our diversity and flexibility programs are innovative, engaging and motivating. We deliver

customised solutions,

tools and processes that support flexibility and diversity strategies,

up-to-date and readily accessible information on compliance issues, policies, procedures and the business case.

NEW! E-Learning programs:
"Creating & Managing Flexible Workplaces" & "Your Life - Your Money! Making your life work for you"
Access the e-learning demonstrations here.

Video: CEO, Rob Davidson recommends the Flexibility At Work workshop

Further access to training programs

More Flexibility At Work resources - Books, Audios, E-learning and Video Programs.

Latest articles:
on strategies for creating flexible workplaces, achieving work/life balance and diversity management:

You don't have to bend over backwards to benefit from workplace flexibility
this article considers the benefits, challenges and implementation strategies for workplace flexibility.

Home It Works an article on working from home

Small Business Work & Family Case Studies

One By Two Works Well an article on job-sharing

Managing Workplace Diversity - maximising the benefits of the diversity within the workforce.

Does job sharing work? a CPA Australia Magazine article on job sharing

The Part-time Paradox an article on Part-time Work

Tools for Cross-cultural Communication

Stress At Work

Work at home tips

Flexible Work Practices cover story (PDF):Ethical Investor Magazine.

Leading ways to work/life balance
In this article find out how a top CEO achieves work life balance for himself and enables a flexible workplace.

Womens Healing Organisation International(WHOI) provides free resources, information, articles and tips from the experts in the fields of work/life balance, time and stress management, health and wellbeing.
http://www.WomensHealingOrg.com

Free Work/Life Information:
Access free information, audios and articles on workplace flexibility, wellbeing and work/life balance issues at
http://www.flexibility.com.au/free-resources.html

Latest work life balance and flexible workplace strategies e-news

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"I have been a subscriber to your newsletters for a quite a while and as a small business owner in the HR space I find them useful for both myself in managing my own business and for my clients. Really practical and useful advice so thanks. I have also seen your articles in some publications trying to get the word out about the benefits of flexibility in the workspace. Good on you!" E Rasul, Director, Effision HR

"You'll be glad to know I have referenced your web site in our company Part-Timers Teamroom, and people are quite enthused about the good articles there. Also, I have just purchased your book and hope to use some of your ideas in the Flexible Work meetings I am running quarterly for part-timers at IBM GSA ! Thanks for your input - I look forward to reading the book over the weekend."
K. Payten, IBM GSA Business Operations Manager

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In The News

Workplace Bullying:
"The Age Newspaper" Interview with Kerry Fallon Horgan.

Job sharing:
"The Sun Herald" interview with Kerry Fallon Horgan.

Diversity/Crime (PDF):
HR Monthly article by Kerry Fallon Horgan. Published for the Australian Human Resources Institute.

What People Are Saying about our resources

Paul Stevens, Author of "Stop Postponing the Rest of Your Life."
"An HR Monthly reviewer said: 'I would recommend this book (Time On, Time Out!) to everyone in business, whether employer or employee. It would seem an ideal recipe for work environments in the new millennium.' I have no trouble endorsing this evaluation. The authors walk the talk as working mothers and they advise many organisations each week on the subject matter of this book. Here they summarise their advice to individuals who urgently want to improve their work-life balance. Personal worksheets, case studies, action planning guides and much more is within the 280 pages."

Jane Keighley, Freelance Journalist
"I have just finished sussing out your site - it is great. I am really impressed. I think that every company should take you suggestions on board - it would make for happy, healthy work places."

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Margot Cairnes, author of "Approaching the Corporate Heart":
"Challenging and exciting! A blueprint for healthy organisations, healthy workers and a healthy society! If you go to work, lead a team or head an organisation, Time On, Time Out! will help you to be both happier and more successful."

CPA News:
"Any employee wishing to arrange a more flexible working arrangement or any business planning a more 'employee friendly' approach should pay careful attention to Time On, Time Out!. It alerts readers to the many personal and technical aspects to be considered..."

New Workplace Magazine:
"Time On, Time Out! Outlines strategies to minimise competing commitments using case studies of real people, with real babies and real jobs. It proposes solutions that reflect the broad range of experience and consultation the authors bring to their research, as well as optimism and enthusiasm for achieving a balance between work and life..."

The Sydney Morning Herald:
"Having trouble balancing your private and professional lives? Interested in job-sharing, going part-time, having more family-friendly hours or working from home? You are not alone, but many people are nervous about asking for flexible hours. The authors (of Time On, Time Out!), both working mothers, have written a well-researched guide that will boost your confidence..."

Business Sydney:
"Time On, Time Out, aims to provide flexible work solutions to keep your life in balance. Social change commentator Geraldine Doogue, launching the book, praised it as 'practical and devoid of ideology. It talks about flexibility in a way which rescues the term from being meaningless,' she said. Doogue said the authors Susan Biggs and Kerry Fallon Horgan were pioneers in the new age of family-friendly, flexible working environments. The book provides helpful advice and real life anecdotes from people who make flexibility work..."

Robyn Pearce, international Time Management specialist and author of "Getting a grip on time".
"In my field as a time management specialist, the cry from many is 'how do we find the time to spend with our families?' I have been absolutely delighted to discover Kerry and Susan's excellent book 'Time on, time out' and always recommend it to anyone exploring flexible work practices. The first key to effective time management is not about working harder, or even smarter, but about getting clear on your goals and purpose in life. From there, if having more time to spend in areas other than the corporate work place is part of your picture, this book will give you practical specific ideas and case studies of people who've gone out and made it happen. Although the case studies are Australian, the applications are of world-wide value. Well done, and keep up the good work."

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