employment flexibility Quotes

I think the employer should be much freer to make decisions on who she or he employs.

Zero-hours contracts are a low proportion of the workforce; they provide a route into employment and flexibility for staff. They benefit business, consumers, and taxpayers by keeping costs down, and they boost productivity, allowing the efficient use of labour.

There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life.

Zero-hours contracts offer an entry point for people who are either new to the workforce or have commitments that make it hard to work full-time.

A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes.

People who get higher pay are more willing to relocate--especially to undesirable locations at the company's behest... A corporate secretary may change companies in the same town; a corporate executive is more likely to change towns with the same company. A talented corporate secretary sees an invitation to relocate as an invitation; a future corporate executive sees an invitation to relocate as an opportunity--and an obligation.

I'm open to working anywhere, but not on anything.

I recognized that if you're going to have women in the workforce that sometimes you need to be more flexible.

Free markets are based on the free circulation of labor. If you don't have free circulation of labor, you don't have free markets.

Al Gore was a good guy and he wanted to give flextime to American women who are trying to balance work and family, but he couldn't because the business interests are organized, and they don't want it to happen.

It will level the playing field, ... It will give American workers choice, confidence and also control.

I think it's important to not have some sort of one-size-fits-all program in Washington, which has downsides, like killing entry-level jobs. But pulling people into the workforce...

If I chose to have a nanny, I'd be able to pay to have a nanny - a lot of women don't have that opportunity. I don't feel like I'm a working single mom, because I have that option that a lot of people don't have.

There are two kinds of actors: those with one job too few, who have to take every one that comes along, and those with one job too many, who can always turn down the one they don't want.

I'm not too proud to do any job to support my family.