National Work and Family Month

Focus on Money Misses Mark on Why Women Work

Sarah Damaske | Posted 01.01.2012 | Women

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My research found that even though women emphasize the importance of financial needs in their explanations of their work, money is not the driving force behind their workforce decisions.

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Work and Family Month: Large Policies, Small Moments

Brad Harrington | Posted 01.01.2012 | Business

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On those all-too-rare instances when you have the awareness to seize the moment, you realize that no policy in the world is needed to be mindful of those you hold most dear. Happy National Work and Family Month!

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What About The Men?

Ideas, TIME | Posted 12.28.2011 | Women

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"What About the Men?" was the title of a Congressional briefing last week timed to commemorate National Work and Family Month. "What about them?" you ...

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Getting Back on Track with Family Friendly Policies

Debra L. Ness | Posted 12.27.2011 | Business

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If our country is ever going to demonstrate that it truly values families, and if we are serious about getting the country and economy back on track, then we need national work and family policy standards.

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Celebrating Work-Family Month

Sarah Damaske | Posted 12.25.2011 | Parents

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While women are working more, there remains considerable diversity in their work-family experiences. Those of us championing Work-Family Month should recognize that this diversity demands a range of policy recommendations.

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Building a Grassroots Movement: Taking Workplace Flexibility From Private to Public

Kathleen E. Christensen | Posted 12.20.2011 | Business

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Workplace flexibility can make a huge difference for working parents, by providing control over when, how and where work gets done. So why aren't the needs of working parents for flexibility becoming a big public issue and ultimately the normal way of doing business?

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We Need to See Men Care

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 12.20.2011 | Women

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Until we see more men at the grocery store on weekdays, at the nursing home and kissing the skinned knees of their sons and daughters, power between women and men will not be equal.

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Three Lessons Learned From the Trail of a Summer Work Life Experiment

Chrysula Winegar | Posted 12.17.2011 | Small Business

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What to do with four children under nine and eight weeks of summer holidays when you run your own business? From home. Summer camps times four might just wipe out all profits for the year!

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Work and Family Research: Moving the Field Forward

Judi Casey | Posted 12.14.2011 | Impact

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For National Work and Family Month, let's ensure the vitality of work and family scholarship and make certain that high-quality research continues to be available and accessible.

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Six Innovative Family-Friendly Workplace Practices

Mark Harbeke | Posted 12.11.2011 | Business

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October is National Work and Family Month. There is a definite business case for making your organization more family friendly: in addition to longer average employee tenures, firms that have this focus earned 49% more revenue and were more likely to be profitable.

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6 People Who Have Made Work-Life Balance Work

Rex Flexibility | Posted 12.05.2011 | Parents

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To mark National Work and Family Month, we're looking at inspiring people who have successfully reinvented their jobs to make sense with their lives.

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Rhodes Women: Shifting the Power of Balance

Alice Buttrick | Posted 12.03.2011 | Women

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The Rhodes women we have studied have deliberately changed their paths to make space for their own lives, and to try to make space for the free choices of others.

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Impatiently Waiting

Cindy Auten | Posted 11.28.2011 | Business

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The latest Federal data on telework came out this week in the form of the 2011 Office of Personnel Management Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. Among many points, it highlights telework progress from the employees' point of view.

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Initiating Tough Work-Life Conversations?

Kathie Lingle | Posted 11.23.2011 | Business

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Taking control of your own life at work takes courage -- the courage to stand up and push back in defense of your own values in the face of intense pressure to behave otherwise.

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A Work-Life Situation Not Many of Us Can Imagine

Ryan M. Johnson | Posted 11.23.2011 | Business

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Even in today's incredibly diverse, four-generation workplace where employees can be found at virtually all stages of life, most smart employers have figured out a way to solve "garden-variety" work-family dependent care issues

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10 Nontraditional Flexible Workplace Practices

Mark Harbeke | Posted 11.23.2011 | Business

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Small business leaders, especially, can use a springboard to better balance keeping their workers happy, energized and most productive with managing costs. Here's a list of recommendations for doing just that.

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Work and Family, Culture and Policy: What Works

Mary Curlew | Posted 11.22.2011 | Parents

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From the aging population and the need for work-life balance for both genders, to the struggles of the working class to adapt to a weak economy, culture is part and parcel of the top five issues affecting working families today.

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Caution: Telework Ahead

Cindy Auten | Posted 11.21.2011 | Business

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Before you park the car and start teleworking, I want to set the record straight. It's not all sunshine and roses, you know.

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12 Tips for Making Your Telework Arrangement Succeed

Susan Seitel | Posted 11.15.2011 | Technology

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October is National Work and Family Month and that may be a great time to request a work-from-home arrangement. Call it a pilot, promising to monitor your productivity and measure your results.

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The ABCs of Workplace Flexibility

Kyra Cavanaugh | Posted 11.13.2011 | Business

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We went through some tough virtual negotiations around the office deciding which letter ought to stand for what in the ABCs of workplace flexibility, but it only took a few emails, a group chat, and some online file sharing to duke it all out.

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Earning Flexibility

Nikki Mark | Posted 11.12.2011 | Business

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As the only senior executive at our company who is a working mom, I feel a strong obligation to help create a work environment that is conducive for working parents and employees of all types.

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A Call to Incorporate Workplace Flexibility Into Law School Curricula

Marcy Karin | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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Lawyers can play key roles in the development and dialogue around workplace flexibility, such as by drafting workplace employment manuals with workplace flexibility provisions and negotiating collective bargaining language.

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Success is Inevitable

Debra L. Ness | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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Today's working families are juggling 'Ozzie and Harriet' policies in a web 2.0 world, and it's simply not sustainable. Workers are struggling to car...

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Success in San Francisco with Paid Sick Days

Kate Karpilow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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Policymakers can respond to scary statistics that paint a misleading picture of what might happen -- or they can examine the success with paid sick days that already has happened in San Francisco.

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Think Flexibly/Act Locally: The National Dialogue on Workplace Flexibility Goes on the Road

Katie Corrigan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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A lot can happen in a year. Since 2009's National Work and Family Month, we've come a very long way -- and the stage is finally set for workplace flexibility as a national priority, in the year 2010 and beyond.

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