Working parents faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many employers responded by offering increased work flexibility. Employers seeking to do more to improve job satisfaction and retention for working parents should look beyond flexibility to add programs and benefits to support families into the future.
In this survey report, XpertHR covers employer policies and practices concerning flexible work, such as flexible work options organizations are planning to offer after the COVID-19 pandemic, motivations for flexible work, reimbursement practices for remote-working, and more.
Employers seeking to advise employees that they provide floating holidays and the circumstances under which those holidays will accrue, carry over and/or be forfeited or paid upon termination of employment should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Employers seeking to provide personal leave to employees, establish the terms of the policy and preserve the employer's discretion to approve or deny the request should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.