Open Flexible Work

August 17, 2010

I just got back from a Dr. Pepper plant in Texas where managers told me about people laughing at work a lot more since they began the transition to becoming a High Performance Work Place (HPWP). As a person who has been writing a book about work practices that are good for both business and the...

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Joan Blades

Open Flexible Work

August 17, 2010

REGISTER NOW FOR SEPTEMBER 9th (12:30- 1:30 ET) CLASP AUDIO CALL: “ Profitable: A Flexible Workplace for ALL Workers.” Join a lively discussion with Joan Blades (co-founder of MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org) , Jody Heymann (founding director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill...

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Jodie Levin-Epstein

Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Health Care

August 11, 2010

Under health care reform, all employers are required by law to accommodate the needs of breastfeeding employees. But ignorance about breastfeeding still prevails in the workplace. Here are the basics that every employer should know. Please send it to your boss, your HR director, and anyone who is in a position to support women breastfeeding when they return to work.

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Katrina Alcorn

Open Flexible Work

August 10, 2010

The labor market punishes mothers and others who make lane changes during the course of their work lives.

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Nanette Fondas

Open Flexible Work

August 6, 2010

Even in a recession, flex-time, job-sharing, compressed schedules, and telecommuting increase employee productivity and reduce costs. The net effect? A boost to the bottom line.

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Nanette Fondas

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

August 2, 2010

For over two years, The Four Hour Work Week has been a national bestseller. Why? Because most of us resent feeling tethered to our jobs, and we know we could still do great work even if we had the ability to control our schedules and factor family needs into our day. But workers are completely on...

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Morra Aarons-Mele

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Blog Carnivals

July 28, 2010

This year the White House, in cooperation with the Council on Women and Girls, hosted a conference on Workplace Flexibility. The conference came on the heels of a report by the Council of Economic Advisors on the benefits to employers of offering paid leave and flextime, official guidance on...

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Melissa Schober

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Blog Carnivals

July 28, 2010

Vacations are good for your health . And, you don’t need to get away to any fancy Caribbean retreat to get the benefit of time-off from work. But it helps if you are a horse. In New York City, that is. The City’s Health Department has proposed new rules for those horses hitched to carriages that...

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Jodie Levin-Epstein

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work

July 27, 2010

A quiet revolution has been taking place in Sweden for 15 years, affecting everything from the gender pay gap to workplace culture to relationships between parents and children. It all started at home. Here’s a link to the fascinating New York Times story about this phenomenon. Now here’s my...

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Katrina Alcorn

Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

July 20, 2010

Back in the day, the average American thought of unions as mainly involving white guys who work in factories, pull down enough income to support a wife at home raising children, have two cars and a house in the suburbs, and look forward to a comfortable retirement at the end of the road. That...

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