"[S]ome forms of flexibility -- mostly allowing workers more control over when they start and end their workdays and more opportunities to telecommute -- are on the rise. Since [a 2008 study], employers have continued to increase such options as control over breaks (from 84% to 92%), control over overtime hours (from 27% to 45%), and time off during the workday when important needs arise (from 73% to 82%).... [But] more substantial flexible work arrangements are being reduced. According to [a 2014] study, employers have slashed options that involve employees spending significant amounts of time away from full-time work, including sharing jobs (down from 29% to 18%), sabbaticals (from 38% to 28%), and career breaks for personal or family responsibilities (from 64% to 52%)."  MORE >>