In the past few months we’ve been following the debate about the European Union’s Working Time Directive. Sound obscure? It is! Does this make us traditional work culture geeks? Most definitely! Kidding aside, these kinds of discussions are important because of what they reveal about our beliefs about time and work. The purpose of the [...]
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Telework: It's the law
We’ve been sitting on this story for two weeks now because we kept waiting for it to surface in other news outlets. But it hasn’t so we’re going to bust this whole thing wide open. The gist of the story is that, according to Public Law 106-846, federal workers should be allowed to telecommute “to [...]
Government Lies
Great post over at MomsRising about one of those little annoying quirks of the workplace that doesn’t seem so little when you think about it more deeply. We’re talking about the white lies working women tell when they are late because of their kids. Most would rather blame bad traffic than a stubborn toddler for [...]
The Family and Medical Leave Act
Too soft or too tough? This is the question asked by a piece in today’s Wall Street Journal about the problems both employees and employers are having with the FMLA. Workers are being fired or punished for making use of the law. Employers are so paranoid about fraud they are hiring private detectives with hidden [...]
Modern Working Environment: Tools & Techniques for Virtual Managers
June 13, 12 p.m. CDT
