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The Four Day Work Week Gains Speed, Saves Gas

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 07.11.2008 | 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 07.05.2008 | 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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Punishing Workers Who Must Work Part-Time

Beth Shulman | Posted 06.20.2008 | 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 05.29.2008 | 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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Combining a Big International Job with a Small Child

Perry Yeatman | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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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Women Report From Working In A "Man's World"

The Guardian | Joanna Moorhead | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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Why Women Can't Win In The Workplace

New York Times | LISA BELKIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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

Jennifer Kushell | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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