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According to eight separate studies, your company policies directly impact an employee’s risk of heart disease, how long they’re able to sleep, and their family’s well-being. By implementing fexible policies, you can add years to your employees’ lives, and improve their overall quality of life.

But implementing the allowance of flexibility isn’t enough. You must also re-assure your employees that it’s ok to request these exceptions from time to time. Currently, close to forty percent of employees believe they’d be less likely to advance within the company if they asked for flex schedules.

The benefits go both ways too, because companies with more flexible cultures experience increased productivity, higher worker morale, and forty-five percent lower employee turnover.

Learn more about what your policies are doing to your employees—and what you can do about it—here.

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