A flexible workplace can allow employers and employees to work together to decide on hours of work, work location and the way work is carried out. Flexibility in the workplace involves thinking creatively about how working lives can be better structured to match individual and business needs.
Our fact sheets can help you assist job seekers and employers as they negotiate a flexible work environment. They include information about the benefits of flexible work practices and the steps involved in introducing flexible work practices.
The pages on our web site all print out in a user friendly format so you can hand them to job seekers and employers in hard copy.
For job seekers and employees with disability:
For employers and managers:
It is also useful to talk to job seekers about the incentives that are available to their potential employer. If they know about these incentives they can discuss them with the employer when negotiating flexible work arrangements. The following page links you to fact sheets for employers about the help and financial incentives that may be available to them: