What Do Working Dads Want For Father’s Day? According to a New Report, They Want Family-Friendly Workplace Laws and Policies
Posted June 16th, 2011 by Jared Make“I want to be the dad who attends all the little league games and dance recitals, the dad who is there in the afternoon/evening to help with homework, the dad who sits down to dinner with his family every night. My current job does not allow for that to happen.” — media professional and father of two children, ages 2 and 5
With Father’s Day just around the corner, A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center has released a new report, Beyond the Breadwinner: Professional Dads Speak Out on Work and Family. This report clearly shows that work-family challenges are not just a women’s issue; three out of four fathers surveyed are worried that their jobs do not allow them to be the kind of dad that want to be, and more than half say it is a source of frequent stress. The report is based on a survey of approximately 250 working fathers, largely white-collar professionals, living in 31 states and Washington D.C.
Beyond the Breadwinner features fathers describing, in their own words, the strain of balancing work and family and their desire for workplace and public policies that would give them more time and flexibility to care for their families.
Key Findings:
- A majority of professional fathers reported that balancing work and family causes conflicts, pressure and frequent stress. Nearly 85% of respondents feel under pressure to be both a provider and an engaged parent in their children’s daily lives. Seventy-five percent of respondents worry that their jobs prevent them from having the time to be the kind of dads they want to be.
- Professional fathers overwhelmingly reported that flexible work arrangements—including flexible hours and the ability to telecommute—would personally help them to balance their work and family responsibilities. Moreover, respondents indicated that the government should do more to make it easier to meet the conflicting demands of work and home. Nearly 80% of respondents said they supported laws requiring paid family leave insurance.
- Respondents made clear that supportive managers and workplace cultures play a critical role in encouraging them to take advantage of policies that would help them balance work and family responsibilities.
- Although most professional fathers have not experienced penalties on the job for being a parent, a significant minority reported negative treatment at work due to their attempt to meet family responsibilities, especially for taking parental leave.
Beyond the Breadwinner provides new insight into professional fathers’ work-family stress and desire for workplace and public policies that allow them to play a greater role in family caregiving. “The report’s findings drive home that family-friendly workplace laws and policies are critical for all workers, as men and women alike struggle to meet the dual demands of work and home,” said Dina Bakst, an author of the report and Co-President of A Better Balance.
The full report can be found here.
About A Better Balance: A Better Balance is a national legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting fairness in the workplace and helping workers meet the conflicting demands of work and family. Through legislative advocacy, litigation, research, public education and technical assistance to state and local campaigns, A Better Balance is committed to helping workers care for their families without risking their economic security. For more, please visit our website at http://www.abetterbalance.org.
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June 18, 2011 at 1:29 pm by Brenda KidddProcter And Gamble Main Ingredient that Is In Embalming Fluid Is In The Living Consumers Bodies Nationwide…
Consumers have inhaled, ingested, and absorbed through the skin, formaldehyde, the main chemical ingredient in Embalming Fluid.
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A small amount of formaldehyde is added to preservatives, sanitisings, disinfectants and additives, which are mixed together to form a mixture, known as embalming fluid.
Although Formaldehyde is the main ingredient/contaminant in embalming fluid, it was not name an ingredient in consumers’ household products, personal care products and baby products, etc…
But, as of the middle part of 2011, formaldehyde has now been named a chemical that causes cancer, by the Federal Government. Currently, formaldehyde is not listed on most of the product labels.
When this mixture is injected into corpses (dead people) arterial, it stiffens and hardens the muscles and the skin, as well as, prevents the corpses from decomposition.
This formaldehyde mixture will change a sickles, very thin, sagging skin, even an open mouth, bruise body at the time of death, back to his or her original size and appearance, over a high, percentage of the time.
Unlike what it does to decease bodies, formaldehyde will damage the neurological connectors in living bodies.
Formaldehyde will irritate the human nose, human eyes, human throat and human lungs.
Household chemicals namely formaldehyde can cause humans to have the following health problems: Ear infections, depression, asthma, vomiting, laryngitis, mental confusion, skin reactions, joint pain, disorientation, sleep disturbances, headaches, fatigue, nausea, phlebitis, dizziness, panic attacks, cardiovascular problems, bed wetting and anxiety attacks.
Infants, toddlers, elderly, women who work in the home/stay at home moms and chronically ill people have even a higher death rate from cancer cause by formaldehyde and other chemicals and contaminants, than people working outside the home, because they spend more time in the home.
Many chemicals that are used in products have not been tested for negative side effects, and mostly, none of the chemicals have been tested in combination with other chemicals.
The FDA oversees personal care products and regulates them once they are on the market. There is no stamp of approval beforehand.
Labeling for Procter and Gamble products are done by Procter and Gamble/manufacturers. Do you think for a second, that they will list anything that they don’t have to, as well as, other companies, too?
Formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane are not only found in children and adults products, they are found in other products too.
Below are some of the products, which contain formaldehyde, 1,4-dioxane and other chemicals and contaminants.
Toothpaste/a small amount of toothpaste with formaldehyde in it and other chemicals can kill or harm a child, fluoride, shampoo, baby products, cosmetics, mouthwash, cleaning products, hair setting lotions, hairspray, pharmaceutical drugs, over the counter medications, perfumes, fingernail polish, fungicides use on fruit trees have cause babies to be born with very tiny eyes or no eyes, pesticides, air fresheners desensitize your nerves in your nose so you can’t smell, laundry spray starch, dry cleaning clothing, moth balls, floor polishes, antiperspirants, waxes, furniture polish, shaving cream, laundry detergents, tide is the main polluter, tide, tide free, ivory snow gentle, gain 2x ultra, cheer bright clean detergent, era 2x ultra, nail polish remover, insect repellent, hair styling gel and mousse, window cleaners, baby powder with talc, crest tartar control toothpaste, lysol disinfectant, clairol nice-n-easy hair color, head and shoulder shampoo, pantene shampoo, herbal essence shampoo, vo5 hair conditioner, ajax cleanser, Palmolive dish liquid, chlorine, bleach is linked to breast cancer and behavioral problems in our children and reproductive problems in men, wax paper, Tupperware/plastic has cause kidney and liver damage, coffee, money, permanent press clothing, carpet have caused kidney and liver damage, tobacco, dawn dishwashing detergent and easy off. Mobile home smell and New car smell…
Cancer is the number one cause of death for children of all ages. Cancer rates have almost double since the 60’s. The above products that are mix with chemicals and contaminants are killing us all.
Children as well as adults have been exposed to this chemical, formaldehyde, which causes cancer, and the above products, along with other dangerous chemicals and contaminants.
Household chemicals namely formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane and other chemicals and contaminants can cause consumers to have severe health problems.
Formaldehyde is linked to birth defects, psychological abnormalities, cancer and allergies.
Below are some of the diseases, which are related to formaldehyde the main ingredient in embalming fluid. Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, lupus, depression, hormonal problems, Parkinson’s disease, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, circulatory disorders, irritable bowel syndrome and arthritis.
Formaldehyde: This powerful embalming fluid ingredient is in Procter and Gamble products and it is a known carcinogen by the Federal Government. Formaldehyde causes cancer in consumers nationwide.
However, some chemicals that are known to be carcinogens, names are often disguised by using many innocuous names. To confuse the consumers even more some chemicals are listed under many different synonyms names. Furthermore, contaminants do not have to be listed on the product labels.
Procter and Gamble you know that harmful, unwanted, cancer is appearing in consumers and their children bodies from chemicals and contaminants, which are in your products. But, you along with other companies,’ don’t have an antidote for it. Cancer can be medically treated, but it can’t be reversed.
Once cancer appears in your body, and goes into remission, there is always a chance that it will come back.
Stop purchasing Procter and Gamble, as well as, other company’s everyday use of some of their baby products, household cleaning products, household cooking products, plastic containers products and cosmetics products, until proven changes are made.
Procter and gamble and other companies, you must make your products formaldehyde free, 1,4-dioxane free, and all other dangerous hazard toxic chemicals and contaminants free, free, free….
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