Discuss employee friendly policies (e.g., What key workforce/workplace trends drive employee-responsive policies? What elements are included in employee-friendly policies and what issues relate to the application of each? What paradoxes and dilemmas are involved? Why is telecommuting both promising and problematic? What impacts are associated with employee-friendly policies? What is the life cycle approach to benefits? How do benefit plans differ with regard to employee responsiveness? (Source: Berman)