Dual benefits.With dual-career couples representing 45% of the workforce, the demand for more family-friendly employee benefits is stronger than ever. A recent Catalyst catalyst, substance that can cause a change in the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being consumed in the reaction; the changing of the reaction rate by use of a catalyst is called catalysis. study of over 800 dual-earner couples revealed that the top five things working couples want from their jobs are: flexible hours (85%), cafeteria-style caf·e·te·ri·a-style adj. 1. Arranged in the manner of a cafeteria. 2. Designed in such a way that one may select from a group or assortment only those things deemed desirable: health benefits (79%), family leave (74%), the ability to customize the pace of their career advancement (69%) and telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. from home (65%). |
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