They are increasingly hiring workers on flexible part-time and temporary contracts.
The government too is involved, and there are efforts to change work patterns, to allow more flexible training and part-time work hours so women can take breaks to have children and then return to their career without damaging it, as it would in the past.
Employees can choose a deal with a lifestyle-management company, Enviego, as part of their flexible benefits.
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Momentum is a recruiting firm that places people in full-time, part-time and flexible careers.
One study found that two-thirds of American women had at some point switched from full-time work to part-time or flexible time to balance work and family.
The new screening will invite younger, symptomless patients to have a similar camera check, a flexible sigmoidoscopy, of the lower part of their large bowel to look for any abnormal growths.
Even when the zloty hardened, demand from Germany kept exports booming (keen prices and flexible workers make Polish subcontractors a vital part of the Teutonic trade machine).
FlexJobs, a job service specializing in the telecommuting, freelance, part-time, and flexible schedule niches, has polled over 20, 000 employers in the past three years - from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
The government and the EU must explore how vaccination might be used as part of an alternative and more flexible foot-and-mouth control strategy within an agreed international framework.
Junior doctors will also debate the situation of part-time trainees, known as flexible trainees, at their conference.
Britain's economy recovered, in part as a result of the more flexible, U.S.-style labor markets she ushered in, helped by oil discoveries in the North Sea.
Britain's economy recovered, in part as a result of the more flexible, U.S.-style labor markets she ushered in, helped by revenue from oil discoveries in the North Sea.
Dennis Hong, a robotics engineer at Virginia Tech, said research into "soft robotics" was part of a wider trend towards designing more flexible and innovative machines, such as his own "Whole Skin Locomotion" (WSL) robotic mechanism.
It gets even tougher as you use more outsourcing and part-time workers in order to be more flexible.
On the other hand such workers may be more flexible on pay, particularly if employers are willing to offer part-time work, which many older people prefer.
The Chinese authorities have substantially reduced the level of official intervention in exchange markets since the third quarter of 2011, and China has taken a series of steps to liberalize controls on capital movements, as part of a broader plan to move to a more flexible exchange rate regime.
She added that the government's plans to help small companies introduce flexible working conditions and these will make it easier for women to work part time.
BMW's DriveNow programme, and all its customers' schemes, are part of broader efforts across the world aimed at offering "flexible mobility solutions in cities", according to Ian Robertson, BMW management board member in charge of sales and marketing.
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Yet there is a distinction between part-time and temporary jobs, the two common forms of flexible working.
And there are lots of ways to make that a reality with part-time, contract, seasonal gigs, and simply, more flexible options.
But small-business and employment experts say you shouldn't underestimate the value workers place on alternative forms of compensation, such as flexible work schedules, time off for volunteering and, particularly, the chance to be part of a venture with the potential for great success.
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