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Tag: Workplace Flexibility

  • Handling the Clash of Parenting and Work in a Pandemic [Video]

    Handling the Clash of Parenting and Work in a Pandemic [Video]

    Last week I had a chance to bring together an amazing panel to talk about how to support parents in a challenging work environment. This conversation featured: Donielle Buie, HR leader in charge of employee wellbeing at the Broad Institute Shana Sweeney, CHRO of SugarCRM Jonathan Corke, marketing leader at Bright Horizons In the video…

  • Childcare, School, and the Workforce: Practical Ideas for a Universal Challenge

    Childcare, School, and the Workforce: Practical Ideas for a Universal Challenge

    A new study shows childcare shortages in the U.S. are costing employers $12.7 billion a year due to lost productivity. As the dad of four kids ages 10 and under, I can understand where the numbers are coming from. Over the last few months, we’ve seen tremendous growth in the number of conversations about childcare…

  • Should Employees be Paid for Commuting Time?

    Should Employees be Paid for Commuting Time?

    An interesting piece of research on publicly available WiFi access in England led to a question that made me pause. Should employees be paid for commuting time? As someone that travels a fair bit for work, I know the value of being able to connect and work from any number of strange locations–restaurants, hotel lobbies,…

  • Workplace Flexibility: What’s Changing (and What’s Not) #shrmtalent #workflex

    Earlier today the latest workplace flexibility research from the Families and Work Institute and SHRM came out, and there were some very interesting data points in the study. A few quick hits from the 2014 National Study of Employers (link to the full study below): The presence of women/minorities impacts offerings: Organizations with more women and…