Alliance for Work-Life Progress is dedicated to advancing work-life as a business strategy integrating work, family and community. An entity of WorldatWork, AWLP defines and recognizes innovation and best practices, facilitates dialogue among various sectors and promotes work-life thought leadership.

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What's Your Work-Life Perspective?

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As the parent organization of AWLP, WorldatWork is a global association dedicated to advancement of strategies and practices to attract, motivate and retain an engaged and talented workforce. Its focus is on total rewards, which include five components:

1. Compensation
2. Benefits
3. Work-Life
4. Performance and Recognition
5. Development and Career Opportunities.

WorldatWork has more than 30,000 members and customers worldwide who share this passion for total rewards and/or components of it. This includes specialists in work-life, compensation and benefits, as well as HR generalists and others who have an interest in education and networking. Founded in 1955, WorldatWork supports thought leadership, education, publications, research and certification, including the new Work-Life Certified Professional designation.

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2009 Award Recipients Announced
Alliance for Work-Life Progress (AWLP), an entity of WorldatWork that defines and recognizes innovation, best practices and work-life thought leadership, recently announced the individuals and organizations offering the best examples of work-life effectiveness as a business strategy. Read about the 2009 Work-Life Rising Stars and the three Work-Life Innovative Excellence Award recipients.

"Reducing the conflict between work and family life should be a national priority."
– U.S. Senate Resolution 210

October 2008 was the fifth anniversary of National Work and Family Month which provides annual recognition of the importance of employer-sponsored work-life programs. Access our tools and resources to help you and your organization make the most of 2009 National Work and Family Month. 

	UPDATE! The House of Representatives passes resolution to make October National Work and Family Month.
	Tools & Resources
	Success Stories

Helping Single Mothers Achieve Their Dreams
Advancing in your career as a single mother can be a daunting task when you are juggling multiple priorities.  How do you get that additional training to move ahead?  Or maybe that extra shot of confidence to take the next big step? 

Better Jobs Outside Prison Walls
Giving incarcerated women a second chance is the goal of the Vermont Working Women in Transition project.  Women in the Southeast State Correctional Facility are learning valuable construction skills that can help them achieve better earnings when they are released. 

An Idea Whose Time Has Come
How many of us would love to be able to work from home or have an extra day off due to a compressed work week? And how many employers would love to have increased commitment and retention from employees?  At the Women’s Bureau’s “Creating Flexible Workplaces” conference, people talked about how to make that happen on a larger scale. 

Work-Life Professionals on the Move
Click here to see new positions and career accomplishments for Work-Life professionals.

Top 10 Takeaways From the Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research Finalists New! Takeaways from last year’s best research on work-life issues include insight and answers to questions on the equality of all flexibility arrangements, whether work-life issues are the same across cultures and more. Workplace Flexibility — Innovation in Action (free E-book) Testimonials, facts and options to offer a flexible work environment. AWLP Virtual Book Club Discussion (mp3) Download the discussion with author Stewart Friedman, Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in a discussion of his latest book, Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life. The discussion was moderated by Rising Star Danielle Shanes and includes strategies for leadership and work-life effectiveness. Tips to Help Win the Battle of Balance (mp3) AWLP Director Kathie Lingle was a featured guest on "Get Over it!" hosted by Libby Gill. Kathie shares useful strategies and tips to help employers and employees win the battle of balance. Review Preliminary Findings, Share Your Predictions The Future of Work Discussion How will you attract, retain and motivate talent in the future? Visit this new Web site to review the preliminary findings of a thought leadership effort to explore and predict the future of work and join this important discussion. Free Download Flexible Work Arrangement Self Assessment Questionnaire (Word) Free Download Flexible Work Arrangement Request (Word) Attraction & Retention: The Impact and Prevalence of Work-Life and Benefit Programs In today’s workforce cutting-edge work-life and benefits programs can be the differentiator that gives an organization the advantage in the war for talent. Find out which ones in this new report from WorldatWork. Future Trends in the Dimensions of Work-Life (PDF) Learn the four-prong strategy to a more effective, healthy and productive workplace. S.M.A.R.T. Teleworking Tips for Employers Teleworking allows employees to work smarter, not harder. WorldatWork, an international association of human resource professionals, offers the S.M.A.R.T. way to manage teleworkers. Workers, Workplace and Work: Connecting the Dots at the Speed of Change (PDF) Find out how respecting people for who they are – not just for what they do or produce – pays off for all stakeholders: employers, employees, customers, shareholders, families, and communities. Work-Life Effectiveness Self-Audit (PDF) Assess your organization's work-life communications, indicate programs' strengths and weaknesses and provide an opportunity to set future work-life goals. Categories of Work-Life Effectiveness Booklet (PDF) Engineer your organization's work-life programs effectively using the seven pillars of work-life effectiveness.   A Framework for Strategies to Attract, Motivate and Retain Employees (PDF) Learn about the WorldatWork total rewards model and all of the tools available to the employer that may be used to attract, motivate and retain employees. WorldatWork Total Rewards Model (PDF) Download the total rewards model for your own educational purposes with appropriate attribution to WorldatWork. Individuals who wish to use the model as part of public presentations should contact WorldatWork in advance for permission.
From WorldatWork Periodicals:
Revisiting the Work-Life Dialogue: Past, Present and Future Companies continue to increase profits and productivity with a stable or, in some cases, shrinking employee base. As a result, work-life policy has shifted in recent history. Read about the past, present and future of U.S. work-life policy.	The Seven Levers of Change for Work-Life Effectiveness Work-life programs’ prevalence at organizations of all sizes and shapes is impressive, yet assessing these efforts’ impact is difficult. At the root of the difficulty is work-life effectiveness requires fundamental changes in culture—a more complex concept than rolling out a new retirement plan.

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Please visit the new work-life blog on the WorldatWork Web site for all future entries including a new video posted May 12.

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