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SHRM Survey Findings: State of Employee Benefits in the Workplace—Flexible Work Arrangements

January 10, 2013

• This is part two of a series of SHRM surveys examining the state of employee benefits in the workplace.

• The following topics are included in this six-part series:

Part 1: Wellness initiatives

Part 2: Flexible work arrangements

Part 3: Health care

Part 4: Leveraging benefits to retain employees

Part 5: Leveraging benefits to recruit employees

Part 6: Communicating benefits

Introduction

2State of Employee Benefits in the Workplace—Flexible Work Arrangements ©SHRM 2012

• For the purpose of this survey, flexible work arrangements may include full- or part-time telecommuting, flexible scheduling, compressed workweek, etc.

Definition


• Do organizations offer flexible work arrangements to their employees? Approximately one-half (53%) of organizations provide their employees with the option to use flexible work arrangements. Among organizations that offer flexible work arrangements, only one-third (34%) reported the majority of their employees were allowed to take advantage of this benefit.

• In 2011, did employee participation in flexible work arrangements increase? Yes, approximately one-third (36%) reported employee participation increased since 2010; 58% indicated employee participation remained the same; and only 6% reported participation decreased.

Key Findings


Yes

No

53%

47%

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Does your organization provide employees with the option to use flexible work arrangements?

Note: n = 414. Respondents who answered “not sure” were excluded from this analysis.

State of Employee Benefits in the Workplace—Flexible Work Arrangements ©SHRM 2012

Yes

No

34%

66%

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Are the majority (more than half) of employees at your organization allowed to use flexible work arrangements?

Note: n = 210. Only respondents whose organizations provided flexible work arrangements were asked this question. Respondents who answered “not sure” were excluded from this analysis.


Increased in 2011

Decreased in 2011

Remained the same in 2011

36%

6%

58%

7

In 2011, did employee participation in your organization’s flexible work arrangements increase, decrease or remain the same when compared with 2010?



Yes

No

38%

62%

8

Does your organization monitor participation rates for the flexible work arrangements it offers?



9

Organization Demographics

1 to 99 employees

100 to 499 employees

500 to 2,499 employees

2,500 to 24,999 employees

25,000 or more employees

23%

39%

22%

13%

3%

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Demographics: Organization Staff Size

n = 447


Privately owned for-profit

Nonprofit organization

Publicly owned for-profit

Government agency

51%

22%

19%

8%

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Demographics: Organization Profit Sector

n = 440


PercentageHealth care and social assistance 19%Manufacturing 19%Professional, scientific and technical services 17%Finance and insurance 11%Government agencies 9%Educational services 7%Retail trade 5%Accommodation and food services 4%Construction 4%Information 4%Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional and similar organizations 4%Transportation and warehousing 4%Whole trade 4%Administrative support and waste management and remediation services 3%Arts, entertainment and recreation 3%Repair and maintenance 3%Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 2%Mining 2%Real estate and rental and leasing 2%Utilities 2%Personal and laundry services 1%

Demographics: Organization Industry

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Note: n = 447. Percentages do not equal 100% due to multiple response options.


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Demographics: Other

U.S.-based operations only 77%

Multinational operations 23%

Single-unit organization: An organization in which the location and the organization are one and the same.

39%

Multi-unit organization: An organization that has more than one location.

61%

Multi-unit headquarters determines HR policies and practices.

62%

Each work location determines HR policies and practices.

5%

A combination of both the work location and the multi-unit headquarters determines HR policies and practices.

34%

Is your organization a single-unit organization or a multi-unit organization?

For multi-unit organizations, are HR policies and practices determined by the multi-unit headquarters, by each work location or by both?

Does your organization have U.S.-based operations (business units) only, or does it operate multinationally?

n = 447 n = 447

Note: n = 286. Percentages do not equal 100% due to rounding.

Corporate (company-wide) 75%

Business unit/division 13%

Facility/location 12%

n = 286

What is the HR department/function for which you responded throughout this survey?


SHRM Survey Findings: State of Employee Benefits in the Workplace—Flexible Work Arrangements

• Response rate = 12%

• 447 HR professional respondents from a randomly selected sample of SHRM’s membership participated in this survey

• Margin of error +/- 4%

• Survey fielded March 1, 2012 to April 6, 2012

Survey Methodology


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Project leaders:Shawn Fegley, SPHR, survey research analyst, SHRM ResearchChristina Lee, intern, SHRM Research

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