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Action Step – Pushing Back on Schedule Creep
The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.
PUSHING BACK ON SCHEDULE CREEP
We all know what schedule creep is: the tendency of reduced hours to creep back up to full-time levels while pay remains decreased. It starts for several reasons: unavoidable client demands; court-ordered deadlines; accepting too much work; senior lawyers who are unaware of junior lawyers’ schedules; and possibly senior lawyers who are passive-aggressively expressing their distaste for reduced hours. When it happens over a sustained period of time, it undermines a lawyer’s reduced hours agreement and can damage the effectiveness of the flexible work program itself. Fortunately, there are solutions…
Action Step – Making Business Development A Priority for Flex or Reduced Hours Attorneys
The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.
MAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT A PRIORITY FOR FLEX OR REDUCED HOURS ATTORNEYS
The failure to develop business is a disastrous mistake. Having a book of business can counteract virtually all of the perceived negative effects of working flexibly. Consider the following:
Action Step – Connecting Work-Life Control Tools to Diversity, Inclusion & Recruitment
The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.
CONNECTING WORK-LIFE CONTROL TOOLS TO DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & RECRUITMENT
Tools commonly used to make flexible working programs more effective and less stigmatized can also be used to strengthen diversity and inclusion programs. Flexibility can be used as a recruitment and retention tool, but employers need to continue to work towards eliminating flexibility stigma…