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    EU: Don’t Force Women to Stay Home!

    Posted March 12th, 2010 by The Lattice Group

    The European Union Commission has proposed a new directive, to be voted on in March, that would make maternity leave compulsory for the first six weeks after a woman gives birth. You read that correctly — compulsory. As in, women would be forced to stay home, regardless of their own wishes, if they have children. [...]

    Myth #1: An invisible hand in the market dictates that work must be inflexible, brutish, and long

    Posted July 14th, 2009 by The Lattice Group

    Pamela Stone, a sociology professor and author of “Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home,” debunks common myths about the workplace and provides some refreshingly pragmatic and recession-friendly advice on how to improve it.

    Posted Under: O: Open Flexible Work

    Lack of Sick Leave Legislation Is Getting Old, and So Are Your Parents

    Posted April 23rd, 2009 by The Lattice Group

    Until recently, many of us twentysomethings believed that we were invincible. Alas, in these tough economic times, some of us have succumbed– gracefully, no doubt– to that catchy “last one hired, first one fired” refrain. Some of our smugness may be gone, but at least we still have our dashing good looks and our health, right?

    Posted Under: O: Open Flexible Work

    The Tech Crunch

    Posted February 12th, 2009 by The Lattice Group

    Technology: Friend or Foe?

    For a small —but growing— segment of society, the world really is an interconnected, globalized, and tech-tastic place. Not only did the internet gods deliver gchat to save us from workplace-induced comas, now it has video capabilities, too.

    Posted Under: O: Open Flexible Work

    Companies, Courts, and Cancer OH MY

    Posted January 22nd, 2009 by The Lattice Group

    Will you have to care for a sick loved one someday? Will your employer let you?

    Until recently, many of us twentysomethings were quite certain that we were invincible. Perhaps the only ones who now definitively know better are those fallen young analysts among us. Alas, in these tough economic times, some of us have succumb— gracefully, no doubt— to that catchy “last one hired, first one fired” refrain. Well, at least you still have your dashing good looks and your health, eh?


    But what about your parents?
    I’ve recently begun thinking about mine.

    Posted Under: O: Open Flexible Work