2 June 2025

reframing flexibility for the future

#FWDay2025 #FlexibilityIsTheFuture #FlexWorkFullLife

Vanessa Vanderhoek, Founder Flexible Working Day

Flexible Working Day is a day to celebrate and showcase the benefits of flexible work for both people and organisations. The day also marks a call to action to tackle flexism.

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Flexible Working Day - Digital Toolkit

This year’s Flexible Working Day theme is “Reframing Flexibility for the Future“. We will be sharing stories of people and organisations who are making flexible working work for them, along with these images and other free resources. Here is how you can get involved today:

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Reframing Flexibility for the Future

‘Live’ Virtual Flexpo Talks & Panel Discussions

This Flexible Working Day we hosted ‘live’ interactive Talks and Panel Discussions. Click on the link below to watch the recording.

2020: The Year of the Flex Paradigm Shift

The Gender Flex Gap

Navigating Life after COVID 19

Smart Citites Working Smarter

The 4 Day Week

Flex For Health

Take Action and Get Your FREE FlexAbility Kit

The FlexAbility Kit for Managers is a must have to celebrate Flexible Working Day. It has tools and tips including:

Where work began, why it’s changing, and the role of flexible work in future proofing your business.
The different types of flexible work arrangements (it’s not just about working from and part-time work!) and the benefits for your business, customers, teams and people.
How to tackle myths, bias and get buy-in with your peers at the senior level.
Where to start and what to focus on to get traction with your flexible working initiatives.
Ideas to celebrate Flexible Working Day.
Where to find further information and resources.

The FlexAbility Kit for Employees is a must have to celebrate Flexible Working Day. It has tools and tips including:

The different types of flexible work arrangements (it’s not just about part-time work!) and how to negotiate with your employer.
Myths busted – it’s not (should not be) career limiting.
Your ideal work week – what will work best for you and your family and how to prepare a business case for your employer.
How to set yourself up for success when working flexibly.
10 tips to be an effective and efficient flexible worker.
Ideas to celebrate Flexible Working Day.
Real life examples of how flexible work can work!
Where to find further information and resources.

Let's #TackleFlexism together

THERE’S A LONG WAY TO GO…

That’s right, we have all heard about sexism, ageism, racism and now FlexAgility has defined the term ‘flexism’.

Recent reports highlight the very real need for urgent workplace cultural, structural, system and institutional change, however flexible working arrangements can be difficult to implement [1, 2]. This is no longer a valid excuse for not moving forward! We all have a responsibility to call out and do what we can to address the barriers that are holding us back, including tackling flexism head on.

WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY

We all have a role to play in achieving the seismic shifts that have to occur – both in the workplace and on the home front.

Be a champion of flexible work – build or influence a workplace that allows people to work in ways that best supports them, their lives, their talents, and delivers greater productivity, stronger teams and more opportunities for employers and employees alike. If you are not sure where to start, download the FlexAbility Kit.

References:

[1] The power of flexibility: A key enabler to boost gender parity and employee engagement (2015). Bain & Company, Inc | Chief Executive Women.

[2] Gender equity insights 2016: Inside Australia’s Gender Pay Gap. BCEC | WGEA Gender Equity Series.

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Videos

What does #FlexWorkFullLife look like for you?

Do you think that flexible work is only for mothers? Not sure what types of flexible work could ‘work’ for you? Not sure where to start the discussion with your employer?

Flexible working at BankWest

We offer a range of flexible work options and services to meet the needs of our people and business – both formal and informal arrangagements.

Flexible Working Day - where did it all begin?

Vanessa Vanderhoek often gets asked why she founded Flexible Working Day. She shares here the 3 reasons

Helping Australians living with disabilities into jobs

Founder and CEO of Enabled Employment, Jessica May, shares her struggles with a panic disorder after giving birth to her daughter and trying to reestablish herself in the work force.

Why do employers need to get flexible?

CSIRO Chair and former Telstra CEO, David Thodey, on the importance of workplace flexibility.

Work life balance is a myth

Why? Because it assumes that our work and life are separate with nothing else in between. We all know that this isn’t so. It’s time to change the long held delusion that we can somehow get ‘balance’ in our life.