Michael UngarCEO of the Industry 4.0 Club

Create an Inclusive Workplace Culture

10 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, Speaker A references the Deloitte "Women at Work 2022: A Global Outlook" report, highlighting that women often feel uncomfortable requesting flexible time off and emphasizing the need for workplaces to be aware of such challenges. Speaker B describes a strong partnership with their HR manager, stressing the importance of legal compliance when arranging accommodations and the responsibility of a plant manager to apply accommodations consistently across staff. They also note that what was considered a reasonable accommodation two to three years ago has significantly changed, indicating an evolving standard for workplace flexibility and support.

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So I'm curious to know what kind of accommodations you've made. Because one thing that this Deloitte study called Women at Work 2022: A Global Outlook, we highly recommend everyone go check it out, is that folks, especially women who request flexible time off, don't often feel comfortable talking about their challenges with the workplace. And I think that ties in really well with your mantra of like, I can't fix something I don't know about. Right. So it really all comes together and how do you make this a workplace that's very accommodating? And again, where people feel comfortable, like requesting accommodations. If they need to kind of step back and take some time.
Yeah, I'll tell you, I, I have a very healthy and good working relationship with my HR manager. She and I can basically finish each other's sentences at this point. And, you know, anytime that we're talking about accommodating something that's a little bit out of the ordinary, I always wanna make sure that I run it through her to make sure everything's kind of kosher on the, yeah, the legal level and everything like that. And, and I also need to remember as a plant manager that whatever I do to accommodate for one person, I have to be ready and willing to accommodate for somebody else. But that being said, again, in the last 2 years, what I would have thought it was a reasonable accommodation 3 years ago is a heck of a lot different than what I think is a reasonable accommodation now.