June 30, 2009

George Mason's Flexible-Work Options Make Employees Feel Valued

By Erica R. Hendry

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But two days before Ms. Collins left, her boss offered a deal she couldn't refuse: a chance to work remotely from home in California in the same position she held on the campus.

"I didn't want to leave, and she didn't want me to leave, so we looked into some programs and found out it was possible," Ms. Collins says. "And I thought, Will this actually work?"

It has  —for Ms. Collins and for 693 other employees of George Mason who are part of one of the

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