Thinking of implementing flexible work arrangements within your organisation? The Employer Alliance on Work and Family has put together a toolkit to help you.

General Steps for Implementation of Flexible Work Arrangements

1) Information Gathering
Pertinent information about the organisation's needs and resources, employees' needs and possible community resources should be obtained. These may be obtained through data from existing personnel records, employee needs assessment surveys, and focus group and management interviews.

2) Setting Goals
Determine what work practices best meet your company's business goals. It is crucial to identify what are the attainable "deliverables" from the implementation of flexible work arrangement. Carry out cost-benefit analysis to ascertain the benefits of implementing these practices as well as the costs of not implementing them.

3) Implementation Stages
A top-level task force needs to be set up to oversee the implementation. The incentives of implementing the flexible work arrangements must be communicated to the employees via newsletters, company publications, posters, workshops and the intranet.

4) Review and Evaluation
Use checklists, reports, surveys, observations, employees interviews to review and evaluate the entire process.

Article reproduced with permission from Employer Alliance on Work and Family and Ministry of Community Development & Sports