Do you shudder when you think about one of your employees asking for flexibility in their work schedule? If so, this article posted today on SHRM.org (the Web site for the Society of Human Resource Management) is a must-read.
If you haven't been around them, flexible work arrangements can seem like a scary situation. Visions of empty office desks and ghost pains of phones ringing off the hook may enter your mind. But how many businesses do you know that folded because they started offering flexible work arrangements to their employees? Exactly. Flexible work schedules don't wreck businesses; they help them, says the article.
The article offers several tips on how to put the welcome mat down for flexible work arrangements in your office.