The thinking that companies need to offer benefits to help recruit and keep employees seems to be one of those long-held beliefs that doesn’t hold … Read more
San Francisco’s Flex Work Legislation: Will it Be Win-Win or Lose-Lose?
China Gorman, CEO of Great Place to Work, wrote an excellent Thanksgiving Day TLNT piece on San Francisco’s new Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance (FFWO) … Read more
A Roadmap for Managing Mobile and Out-of-Office Workforces
If there’s one universal challenge business leaders have all faced in recent years, it’s their ability to adapt to change. The advent, … Read more
The Flex Work Question: Is Legislation Really the Right Approach?
There’s been a lot of talk recently regarding flexible scheduling policies in organizations. All kinds of people have been writing about whether such … Read more
San Francisco’s Flex Work Ordinance Will Take Effect Jan 1, 2014
By Kasia Nowak Under the San Francisco Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance signed this week by Mayor Edward Lee, parents and caretakers have been afforded … Read more
A Love-Hate Relationship: How Technology Impacts Work-Life Balance
Does technology really help us in our endeavor for work-life balance? This is not a new question, but it remains an open one – if you believe that there is … Read more
3 New Battles in the Fight Over the Flexible Workplace
If 2013 has been a year of telework controversy, October is raising the bar. Its first two weeks have brought several strong – and conflicting – voices to … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Engagement Is Out; Now It’s Being Passionate That Counts
Lots gets written about employee engagement, and lots of it sounds the same, but two things are pretty clear: Organizations everywhere think employee … Read more
Making Remote Employees a Critical Part of Your Company’s Success
More and more companies use people not located at the main office. These include people working at home full or part time, as well as at smaller remote … Read more
How to Help Get Hourly Workers Into the Flex Work Conversation
Flexible work has been a hot topic among HR professionals since telecommuting became mainstream in the 1980’s. It has been framed as an option primarily … Read more