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Posted August 31st, 2010 by Judy Martin
Ms. Winegar knows this first hand as she has had the unique opportunity of witnessing work life culture from across the globe. She dishes on her thoughts on legislation, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the vagaries of enforcement and even the daddy issue – the pipedream of paternity leave on a regular basis as you’ll watch in this week’s WorkLife Nation episode.
Posted August 31st, 2010 by Andrea Lindemann
Work-life balance is often thought of in terms of flexible hours, telecommuting, and other important ways to modify the work place to make it more amenable to working women and men. Sometimes overlooked are the jobs in which low-wage workers tend to be concentrated – for example, the restaurant industry, service industry, and home care. [...]
Posted August 31st, 2010 by Barbara Miller
In the mid-90′s the Ford Foundation sponsored cutting-edge research on work-life challenges. Fifteen years later, the outcomes of the three year project are more relevant than ever. Artemis Management Consultants spearheaded one of three projects supported by the Foundation. Barb Miller has written a workbook: ReInventing Work: Relinking Life and Livelihood to Benefit Business and [...]
Posted August 31st, 2010 by Carla Moquin
The Parenting in the Workplace Institute (PIWI) has a vision of a world in which interacting with babies is just part of a regular day at the office. For nearly 150 confirmed businesses and more than 1,600 babies, this world is already a vivid and enchanting reality. Will you help our Institute and MomsRising to [...]
Posted August 31st, 2010 by Gabriela Melano
Since 1996, I have been in business as an organizational and community development consultant. Even though it certainly has its challenges to be self-employed, I have never regretted it. Since then, I sleep better at night, I am much happier and creative at work, and I have enjoyed working on different projects, meeting different people, [...]
Posted August 31st, 2010 by Robert Fuller
The inefficiency of slavery is now obvious, but to George Washington it came as a revelation. While on a visit to Philadelphia, Washington noticed that free men there could do in “two or three days what would employ [his slaves] a month or more.” His explanation—that slaves had no chance “to establish a good name [...]
Posted August 31st, 2010 by Cali Yost
In 1995, I graduated from business school and began working for Families and Work Institute developing and implementing work+life strategies. I often joke that I’m probably the first, and last, student to walk the halls of Columbia Business School publicly professing the desire to become a work+life strategy consultant. But my previous experience as a [...]
Posted August 31st, 2010 by Joan Blades and Nanette Fondas
Have you been there? Frustrated that it’s nearly impossible to excel at work (and home!) because the structure of your workplace doesn’t fit your life? Too many of us are banging our heads against the wall these days. Despite the workplace crunch that many of us face, there’s good news. An increasing body of research [...]
Posted August 31st, 2010 by Lily Eskelsen
I got used to pulling out my wallet for my school kids. The same shopping trip for the shot glasses, my own little boy asked if he could have something-or-another. I remember telling him, “Sweetie, we can’t afford that.”
Posted August 30th, 2010 by Alice Shabecoff
To: Everyone in the San Francisco Area Here’s a huge and unprecedented opportunity to take action to stop the toxic assault that threatens our communities and our children. Here’s a huge and unprecedented opportunity to take action to stop the toxic assault that threatens our communities and our children. Right now some serious reforms to [...]
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