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The New Work Battle Cry: Focus on What Matters!

We’ve all had those moments sitting at the dinner table and our phone goes off. A new email has arrived. Or maybe it happens at 11 pm right as you are settling into bed for the night. You tell yourself it will only take 5 minutes, but those 5 minutes can quickly turn into a half hour of work. Once...

New BLS Data Confirm Unequal Access to Paid Leave Among U.S. Workers

Yesterday the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) on access to and use of paid leave by American workers. This is the first time the ATUS has included questions on leave-taking among American workers, with a module paid for by the Department of...

A Toxic Chemical Victory!

Excellent news! Johnson & Johnson has now committed to removing a wide host of known toxic chemicals from their products by 2015. Earlier this year the company committed to removing these unhealthy and dangerous chemicals from baby products, but they now have plans to move past that original promise to include all of their personal care products. This is huge, like really, really huge.

Giving Your Grocery Cart Teeth: The Good Guide/ULE Merger

If the EPA could regulate the entire life cycle of a product and protect us from toxic toys, food, air, and clean up the atmosphere would you be excited? That game changer is happening, but it’s coming from a different direction that Main Street doesn’t watch – Certifications, Standards, and...