When Works What Is When Works National initiative

When Works

What Is When Works? • National initiative, led by the partnership of the Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) • Goal: help businesses of all sizes and types become more successful by reinventing their workplaces. • When Works Award recognizes exemplary employers for creating effective and flexible workplaces to increase business and employee success. 2

Coalition partners: KC Chamber, Central Exchange, United Way of Greater Kansas City

What Is the When Works Award? • It is national in scope. • It recognizes model employers of all types and sizes (10 employees to thousands) across the U. S. for their innovative and effective workplace practices based on FWI’s Effective Workplace model. • Worksite-based award honoring organizations that are using workplace flexibility as a strategy to make work better—for both the employer and the employee. • Employers benefit by just applying! - All applicants receive a free customized benchmarking report comparing their effective and flexible workplace practices to a nationally representative sample of U. S. employers and to award winners. 4

What Are the Different Types of Workflex? 1. Flex Time and Place 2. Choices in Managing Time 3. Reduced Time 4. Caregiving Leaves 5. Time Off 6. Flex Careers 7. Task Flexibility 8. Culture of Flexibility 5

Effective Workplace Is Associated With… Better employee outcomes: • Employee engagement • Job satisfaction • Turnover intention Better health and well-being outcomes: • Overall health • Frequency of minor health problems • Indicators of depression • General stress level • Frequency of sleep problems 6

Kansas City Metro Rollout • January-September 2016: Identify and Educate Participants - April 2016: 2015 -16 cycle winners announced - August 10, 2016: Workflex Summit @ Kauffman Foundation Conference Center - September 2016: Launch Party • Fall 2016: Surveying Season for WWW begins • December 2016: Local participation gauged & results reported • Winter-Spring 2017: Scoring completed by When Works (national) • April 2017: Local When Works Awards Ceremony 7

2014 & 2016 KC Area Winners Recognized Kansas Missouri • Ryan, LLC- Overland Park, KS • KPMG, LLP- Kansas City, MO - 10 worksite employees • Affinis Corp- Overland Park, KS - 25 employees • Platt. Form- Lenexa, KS - 311 employees - 253 worksite employees • Lockton Companies- Kansas City, MO - 900 worksite employees • Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet) - Columbia, MO - 84 employees 8

Past State & Local Government Award Winners • Arapahoe/Douglas Works!- 2014 & 16 • Arizona Health Care Cost containment System (AHCCCS)- 2016 • Arlington County Human Resources Department- 2014 • Bureau of Nutrition & Health Promotion, Iowa Department of Public Health- 2014 • Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau 2014 & 16 • Eagle County Government- 2014 • Job Service SE Mn Winona Workforce Center- 2016 • Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA)- 2014 • Rhode Island Housing- 2014 • Snohomish County Human Resources Department- 2014 • Tyler Technologies- 2016 • Winona Workforce Center- 2014 9

Contact Information • When Works – Conveners - Kendall Seal, Women’s Foundation • 816. 988. 2006 | kendall@womens-foundation. org - Stacie Engelmann, SHRM of Greater Kansas City • 816. 751. 2230 | sengelmann@lockton. com - Rachel Sweet, Office of Mayor Sly James • 816. 513. 6577 | rachel. sweet@kcmo. org • Award Submission and Employer Questions - Lori Maher, SHRM-KC Executive Director • 913. 948. 8623 | SHRM-KC • PO Box 860272 | Shawnee, KS 66286 • Go to When. Works. org to apply!