Working Women

The Four Day Work Week Gains Speed, Saves Gas

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Oil Prices, Work Life Balance, Commuting and Gas Prices, Oil Drum, Four Day Work Week, Energy, Living News
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.

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Broke and Burned Out: Moms of '08 Election?

Nanette Fondas | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Soccer Moms, Mother-Friendly Policies, Financial and Time Pressures, Politics of Motherhood, Political Polly Pockets, Mothers' Vote, momsrising.org, Presidential Election, Working Women, Working America/AFL-CIO, Feminism, Security Moms, Swing Voters, Women Voters, Barack Obama Women's Vote, Politics News
Nanette Fondas

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

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Obama Singles Out Working Women

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Working Women, Barack Obama, Obama Women, Obama Women's Issues, Politics News
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.

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Punishing Workers Who Must Work Part-Time

Beth Shulman | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Unemployment Rate, Working Mothers, Work, Job Layoffs, Working Women, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Business News
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.

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Ask a Working Woman

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Foreclosures, Retirement Security, Labor, Maternity Leave, Child Care, Working America, Economy, Working Women, Wage Gap, Afl-Cio, Unions, Health Care, Mothers, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Living News
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.

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Goldman Leads with "10,000 Women" Initiative

Deborah Siegel and Jacki Zehner | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Working Women, Lloyd Blankfein, Ten Thousand Women, Goldman Sachs, Housing Market, Gdp, 000 Women, 10, Women and Work, Business News
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.

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Ladies Who Launch: Sleepin' and Workin' Together

Amy Swift | Posted 03.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Moving in Together, Living Together, Ladies Who Launch, Living News
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.

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Combining a Big International Job with a Small Child

Perry Yeatman | Posted 02.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Work and Child, Work-Life Balance, International Job and Children, Careerbuilder, Living News
Perry Yeatman

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

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

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

Read More: How Not to Look Old, Women Looking Young, Looking Young at Work, Women at Work, Sexism, Working Women, Ageism, Pressure to Look Young, Living News

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...

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

Nanette Fondas | Posted 01.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Work Life Balance, Working Families, Family and Medical Leave Act, A Peaceful Revolution, Living News
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.

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Finding Joy in an $883 Rice Cooker

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 12.18.2007 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Cheryl Mendelson, Womens Rights, Judith Treas, Williams-Sonoma, Women and Housework, Living News
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.

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A Peaceful Revolution: Mind the Gap: The Female CEO

Irma D. Herrera | Posted 12.18.2007 | Living

Read More: Female CEOs, Working Women, Work-Life Balance, Women and Work, Ceos, A Peaceful Revolution, Living News
Irma D. Herrera

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

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

The Guardian | Joanna Moorhead | Posted 12.14.2007 | Living

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Working Women, Women in Men's Jobs, Living News

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

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The Unfinished Business of the Women's Movement

Peggy Levitt | Posted 12.05.2007 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Working Mothers, Stay at Home Mothers, Women and Work, Stay-at-Home Moms, Living News
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.

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Still Selling Women Short

Louise Marie Roth | Posted 12.02.2007 | Business

Read More: Working Women, Zoe Cruz, Morgan Stanley, Women on Wall Street, Wall Street, Women and Work, Business News
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?

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We Need Co-CEO Households

Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 11.20.2007 | Living

Read More: Women, Amherst Housework, Homemakers, Women and Housework, Working Women, Women Housework Study, UMASS Amherst Housework, Women and Work, Living News
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.

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Why Women Can't Win In The Workplace

New York Times | LISA BELKIN | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Women at Work, Sexism, Living News

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 ...

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

Harleen Kahlon | Posted 10.31.2007 | Living

Read More: Women in Society, Working Women, Career Women, Husband and Children, Discussions About Women, Feminism, Living News
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.

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Working Mothers: America's Ignored Oppressed

Heather Wood | Posted 10.10.2007 | Business

Read More: Working Women, Work-Life Balance, Bloomberg Lawsuit, Family and Medical Leave Act, Working Mothers, Michael Bloomberg, Business News
Heather Wood

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

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Balancing Your Life: Why Women Helping Women Makes a Difference

Ellen Susman | Posted 09.28.2007 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Kavita Ramdas, Women's Charities, Global Fund for Women, Charity, Living News
Ellen Susman

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

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

Jennifer Kushell | Posted 09.19.2007 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Work-Life Balance, Starting a Family, Health Care, Careerbuilder, Living News
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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