Can boundaries accidentally kill workplace flexibility?

The recently introduced Right to Disconnect has myriad benefits for employees, but also invites questions about how and why workers and their employers set boundaries with and for each other.

In this episode of The HR Leader Podcast, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with shilo.people CEO and co-founder Ilona Charles about how and why boundaries can inadvertently impact flexible working arrangements, the nexus to the Right to Disconnect and whether the new legislation locks workers into certain arrangements, navigating different staff needs and generational attitudes, why boundaries are important in their own right, what employers need to be asking of themselves, practical steps to be taken, and why better management on this front is so imperative.

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Jerome Doraisamy

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Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Momentum Media’s professional services suite, encompassing Lawyers Weekly, HR Leader, Accountants Daily, and Accounting Times. He has worked as a journalist and podcast host at Momentum Media since February 2018. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.

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