The Chief Operating
Officer of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), China Gorman, testifined in front of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on June 11. China was called upon to discuss SHRM’s comprehensive plan for Workplace Flexibility which turns out to focus on creating one bucket paid time off for personal/family illness, leaves, vacations, etc. Whether this is a good thing can be debated, but what's critical is that SHRM as the largest HR organization broadens the discussion about workplace flexibility to include flex in terms of where, when and how work is done and that we talk about this as giving more control to employees -- and their manager and team -- to determine what works best. The employee's need for flexibility and its benefits to the business go way beyond the conversation about paid time off. Hoepfully that won't get lost in this debate!