workplace flexibility
The asking, listening, and acting has gone on for a longer time at Deloitte, LLP. Chairman of the Board, Sharon Allen, described
Every clued-in business leader in America is now aware that workplace flexibility is a business imperative. But we also know there is a serious workplace flexibility gap.
It seems every day we read about a new company or industry that embraces workplace flexibility. Yet whenever we talk about workplace flexibility, the majority of American employees still ask, but what about me?
The idea that a man could work thirty hours a week, be a successful professional and still take one day off to hang out with his kids simply isn't in our frame of reference. Why not?
WHAT'S HAPPENING
John C. Parry, the C.E.O. of Solix Inc., a process-outsourcing firm based in Parsippany, NJ , told the story of inheriting
In short, we're sprinting through a marathon. We've sped up the pace, extended the finish line, and thrown in more obstacles
Scientists still haven't figured out how to add more hours to the day, but many companies have come up with creative ways for employees to balance their lives and still be successful at their jobs.
Lawyers can play key roles in the development and dialogue around workplace flexibility, such as by drafting workplace employment manuals with workplace flexibility provisions and negotiating collective bargaining language.
We need to explore more fully the importance of predictability in scheduling and the options for expanded paid and unpaid leave in order to address the needs for flexibility of an even broader group of workers.
Do you want to have equality in your parenting and household management? No prizes for guessing, but its grounded in the family cultures you came from and the one you're creating now.