A measure of a good manager is knowing how to respond to the needs of employees.
Much of current leadership teaching focuses on how to communicate with, and respond to the needs of, employees.
She says she had simply been trying to balance the needs of employees with protections for small businesses.
The proposed rules, however, are too weighted toward corporate interests and insufficiently toward the needs of employees.
It would only say that its "benefits programs are designed to be responsive to the needs of employees throughout a career and into retirement.
"We used a creative problem-solving approach to reach an agreement that addresses the needs of employees and positions our business for long-term success," said Ms. Clegg.
Systematically seek to meet the basic needs of employees, and they will bring vastly more of their potential and productivity to the job every day.
"You have to first assess the damage and take care of the physical and emotional needs of employees and their families," he said.
But as restaurateurs like Mr. Meyer have grown more sympathetic to the needs of employees, Ms. Jayaraman has tried softer approaches as well.
But for some, SMEs' most significant challenge is how to address the skills needs of employees who have not followed the apprenticeship or graduate route.
