Janet Walsh: Workplace Flexibility Breeds Contentment on all Sides

Kimberley N., a senior manager of a non-profit organization, gave birth to a baby with a life-threatening illness. After years of stellar performance reviews, she received a scathing one immediately after returning from a short maternity leave. Her organization refused to let her reduce her schedule even slightly or to telecommute to make it easier to care for her infant. Her workplace turned so hostile that she felt she had to leave.

High-level professionals tend to have it pretty good when it comes to job flexibility, but as Kimberly's case shows, all is far from rosy. That's why the high-level meeting on workplace flexibility for professionals that the Labor Department is holding in New York this week is important.

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