Working Women

The Four Day Work Week Gains Speed, Saves Gas

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living


Morra Aarons-Mele

In 1938 Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act regulating the eight hour day, 40 hour week. Most scholars of work and many Americans agree: the traditional work schedule is a relic.

Broke and Burned Out: Moms of '08 Election?

Nanette Fondas | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


Nanette Fondas

Soccer moms, security moms ... How will the mothers' vote be labeled this year? Broke and burned out moms?

Obama Singles Out Working Women

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


Morra Aarons-Mele

Obama is standing up for working women. If this is what happens when a youngish man with young children and a professional wife runs for office, I'm all for it.

Punishing Workers Who Must Work Part-Time

Beth Shulman | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business


Beth Shulman

As the economy worsens, more and more workers will have to take part-time jobs, exposing the urgent need to reform these positions.

Ask a Working Woman

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living


Arlene Holt Baker

A majority of women say they're worried about such fundamental economic issues as paying for health care, not having retirement security, and pay not keeping up with the cost of living.

Goldman Leads with "10,000 Women" Initiative

Deborah Siegel and Jacki Zehner | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business


Deborah Siegel and Jacki Zehner

Goldman Sach's vision to empower women entrepreneurs with a business education is an important component in support of long-term economic growth.

Ladies Who Launch: Sleepin' and Workin' Together

Amy Swift | Posted 03.05.2008 | Living


Amy Swift

Most people find it daunting to consider moving in with someone. When you're newly in love, you want to eat, breathe, sleep and practically BE the other person half the time. But to live and work, side by side, after years of marriage, is another proposition.

Combining a Big International Job with a Small Child

Perry Yeatman | Posted 02.06.2008 | Living


Perry Yeatman

I recommend nine things anyone with a global job can do to help improve work/life balance, especially with small children.

Forget Young At Heart, Do You Have To Be Young At Work?

The New York Times | NATASHA SINGER | Posted 01.24.2008 | Living


IN a new self-help book called "How Not to Look Old," chapter headings in screaming capital letters warn readers of the dreaded signs of aging that ar...

Peaceful Revolution: Business Leaders of America: Fear Not Paid Family Leave

Nanette Fondas | Posted 01.07.2008 | Living


Nanette Fondas

American business firms can handle paid leave hands down, because they know there is more to profitability than a single-minded focus on cost. California has offered paid family leave for years with no resulting exodus of business firms.

Finding Joy in an $883 Rice Cooker

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 12.18.2007 | Living


Laura Vanderkam

Like many modern women, I rarely have to cook. So kitchen time becomes a choice, a matter of self-expression rather than drudgery. Which makes all the gadgets fun.

A Peaceful Revolution: Mind the Gap: The Female CEO

Irma D. Herrera | Posted 12.18.2007 | Living


Irma D. Herrera

Having a woman boss with a say about pay, promotions, and work schedules is good for the women at all levels.

Women Report From Working In A "Man's World"

The Guardian | Joanna Moorhead | Posted 12.14.2007 | Living


Women working in overwhelmingly male-dominated industries are used to raised eyebrows, and sometimes even outright insults. But, as five of them tell ...

The Unfinished Business of the Women's Movement

Peggy Levitt | Posted 12.05.2007 | Living


Peggy Levitt

An awful lot of schmoozing goes into making life run not just smoothly, but well, and that's still primarily women's responsibility.

Still Selling Women Short

Louise Marie Roth | Posted 12.02.2007 | Business


Louise Marie Roth

After the ouster of Zoe Cruz from a high executive position at Morgan Stanley, are women back to square one, circa 1970, on Wall Street?

We Need Co-CEO Households

Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 11.20.2007 | Living


Eve Tahmincioglu

It's about time that we shifted the big fat spotlight onto the men in this country. We all want happy and clean homes, so we all have to get familiar with the mop.

Why Women Can't Win In The Workplace

New York Times | LISA BELKIN | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living


DON'T get angry. But do take charge. Be nice. But not too nice. Speak up. But don't seem like you talk too much. Never, ever dress sexy. Make sure to ...

Damsels In Success: A Debate: Do Women Need Men and/or Children In Order to be Fulfilled?

Harleen Kahlon | Posted 10.31.2007 | Living


Harleen Kahlon

Men and women are different, biologically, emotionally and physically - and there is nothing wrong with acknowledging that, so long as we never attempt to confine women to certain limited roles.

Working Mothers: America's Ignored Oppressed

Heather Wood | Posted 10.10.2007 | Business


Heather Wood

The Bloomberg suit is sadly just the latest in a long line of discrimination lawsuits brought against companies by working mothers.

Balancing Your Life: Why Women Helping Women Makes a Difference

Ellen Susman | Posted 09.28.2007 | Living


Ellen Susman

Kavita Ramdas, who heads up the Global Fund For Women, explained to me how and why her organization is making a difference.

The Great Baby Debate: How Do Children Fit Into the Lives of Young Professionals?

Jennifer Kushell | Posted 09.19.2007 | Living


Jennifer Kushell

Although I spend most of my time talking about getting ahead in your life and career, for a lot of young professionals, there's a big white elephant in room any time career plans come up: What about starting a family? Whether you're a man or a woman, it's bound to be something you've discussed casually or pondered, if not completely obsessed about for years. Either way, with so many young people starting families or beginning to think about it, I thought I would address the other side of the work-life balance spectrum (and what tends to tip the scales the most): Babies!


 

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