Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.62
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 7, 2014
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STARS v1.2

Cornell University
OP-T2-30: Condensed Work Week

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Ben Kuo
Interim Director of Transportation Services
Transportation Services
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Does the institution offer a condensed work week option for employees? The institution does not have to offer the option to all employees in order to earn this credit.:
Yes

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A brief description of the program:
Cornell offers a range of flexible work arrangements: http://www.hr.cornell.edu/life/support/flexible_arrangements.html including condensed work week: http://www.hr.cornell.edu/life/support/compressed_work_week.html In 2011 survey of employees included flex work questions. Of 593 respondents, 40.6% indicated they have benefited from arrangements for consistently flexible work hours, and 3.2 % indicated they have used the condensed work week option.

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The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In a Wellness Survey conducted in April/May of 2013, cornell employees were asked what types of flexible work arrangement were they able to use. Of the 757 respondents, 11.2% (31) of hourly staff, 6.9% (28) of salaried staff, and 9.3% (7) of faculty indicated that they were able to use a compressed work arrangement (i.e. working 10 hours, 4 days per week).

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