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Lots of people say they’d like more flexibility in their work arrangements, but what would that really mean for you? How much spontaneity or predictability do you need to accomplish the other priorities in your life?

How much money do you need at this stage of your life? What standard of living will be comfortable for you?

Challenge

Responsibility

encourage workers to take responsibility for their own health, safety and wellness and contribute to creating a healthy work environment

create environments that make the healthy choice the easy choice

promote work-life balance and make work a healthy life experience

jobs are challenging

employees have adequate resources to do their job

Lower absenteeism

lexibility – allowing employees to have some capacity to adapt their workday to respond to family issues such as a child becoming ill or one who has special needs, school visits and parent-teacher interviews or special needs of elders. It typically includes family responsibility leave for employees. Supportive supervisors/managers whose management style values staff and is characterized by a desire to help employees achieve better balance between work and the rest of their lives. A culture that is family friendly - overall attitudes, beliefs, values and taken-for-granted ways of doing things that support work-family issues as legitimate workplace concerns, and as an opportunity to develop ‘new ways of working’.  Options include maternity, paternity, family and personal leave provisions. Alternative work arrangements – options are available to employees including daily or scheduled flex time arrangements, job-sharing, reduced hours, compressed work week, family leave options, part-time work, gradual retirement, telecommuting, other leaves and sabbatical options. Such alternative work arrangements are seen as ways of working, and employees using them are not sidelined, marginalized or belittled. Recognition of child and elder care issues including support for child care, providing access to a service regarding child or elder care, establishing on-site child care or, developing a consortium with other employers in order to provide emergency child care. This includes accommodating the needs of employees who are breastfeeding their children.

In recent years, many political and socioeconomic barriers have slowly been removed, and huge technological advances have been made.

I'm exhilarated by what this means for me, the teachers in my building, and the students we teach. We have the power to make great strides with what we're given. The challenge will be how to take advantage of all this in the educational setting, and try to make sure our classrooms are flat."

At the global level, we are more likely to have travelled abroad, to have friends from other countries, or simply to have grown up with the internet for a core part of our lives.

growing up with the internet has given Generation Y a better insight into society's core problems

Older generations have gained greatly from the pursuit of wealth and this has left many young people wondering if there is more to life than getting rich quick

Others believe social enterprise offers graduates a sustainable alternative to charitable giving.

Young people want to simultaneously reach levels of financial wellbeing as well as achieving social good.

By prioritising job fulfilment over financial gain, Millennials are sure to shape the workplace in years to come. However, we will have to wait to see exactly how this generation changes workplace dynamics.