EAP and COVID-19: A Missing New Ingredient in our Messy New Reality: Flexibility

Abstract

For nearly two decades now at the Boston College Center for Work & Family, we have studied the issue of flexibility and remote work and collaborated with organizations on the development of their flexible work programs. The very first concepts I introduce when speaking with individuals or groups are the two most common components of flexibility: flextime and flex place. The concepts are pretty self-explanatory: flex time refers to ​when ​you get your work done and flex place refers to ​where​.