Workplace Flexibility & Presidential Posturing

In her first official campaign stop on Long Island, Senator Hillary Clinton addressed an audience of more than a thousand people speaking not only of “bringing the troops home” but also, ” universal health care and some childhood and family issues. Her visit this week coincided with the introduction of the Working Families Felxibility Act, which she along with other democratic colleagues, including Barak Obama, presented this week.

This is a first step to introduce the issue, but by no means addresses the worklife issues that families face. And while the legislation is hot off the press, we have yet to hear in depth what the candidates really think about improvements, or proposed changes in law, that might better worklife culture in general for workers and employers.

In seven weeks New York Democrats will head to the polls for the February 5th primary. Might this new agenda creeping its way into the race and the political talk show circuit? A new survey suggests as much.

Nearly 60% of those surveyed in the 2007 Annual Work+Life Fit Reality Check are looking for the presidential candidates to put worklife flexibility on their radar. The telephone survey was sponsored by Work+Life Fit, Inc. and conducted by Opinion Research Corporation.

WorkLife strategist and author Cali Yost Williams is the pioneer who started this survey last year. Head to the following links to read more about her findings.

Click here for Cali’s blog on the presidential race and workplace flexibility:  Cali Yost at FastCompany.com

Click here for more on the 2007 Annual Work+Life Fit Reality Check