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Category Archives: FWI news
What Do Kids Really Think About Their Working Parents? Tune in Wed. 1pm to Learn
This Wednesday, February 10, 1 PM EST, join us on Talkshoe.com, as Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute and author of Ask the Children and Mind in the Making, moderates a discussion with Lisa Belkin, New York Times writer and author of the Motherlode blog on nytimes.com, and clinical psychologist Joshua Coleman, author [...]
Also posted in Child Development, Early childhood, Economy, Families, Flexible work Tagged Ellen Galinsky, Joshua Coleman, Lisa Belkin, working parents Leave a comment
Helping in the Face of Disaster
On January 14th, Ellen Galinsky, President of Families and Work Institute, sent an email to Institute friends and colleagues asking them to tell us in a sentence or two what they or their organizations were doing to:
• send aid to Haiti;
• support Haitian American employees and their families in the US and in the Caribbean;
• support American and [...]
Also posted in Economy Tagged Ceridian, Haiti aid, Lifecare, Partners in health, SitterCity, Wellstar health 2 Comments
Sleep is for the Strong
In the Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington and Glamour Magazine Editor Cindi Leive launched a “sleep challenge” for the women of America. They challenge us to get a good night’s sleep each night for a month- what a good idea. FWI responded to the challenge with a suggestion, why not launch the challenge at your place [...]
Posted in FWI news Tagged employee health, employees wellbeing, Huffington Post, sleep, sleep deprivation, workplace wellness Leave a comment
Research highlights from Working Mother Congress 2009
On December 15th, FWI hosted an “encore” of the research panel “New Results/Next Steps” convened for the 2009 Working Mother WorkLife Congress. The panel gives an excellent perspective on why flexible work options are so important to companies and employees. You can download the presentation here, or listen to a podcast of the call.
We were [...]
“Motherhood wasn’t just all about me as one person”: Mojo Mom Looks Back on the 2000s
This retrospective piece from Amy Tiemann, aka MojoMom, crystallizes what so many working parents face as we think about the larger meaning of our own, cobbled together work-life situations. Amy writes that when she became a mom in 1999, from her own “ruggedly individualistic” perspective her choice to opt-out for a bit wasn’t so bad. [...]
Also posted in Families, Flexible work 1 Comment
Happy– and Restful–Holidays Everyone
Just remember, FWI data find that “Having paid vacations bode well for personal health and well-being, as well as intent to stay in one’s job.”
Seventy-nine percent of employees have access to paid vacations with an average yearly time off of 16 days. But 39% of us don’t use all of our vacation time and 24% [...]
Lack of Paid Sick Days May Worsen Flu Pandemic
From the New York Times:
Public health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, are jeopardizing others by reporting to work sick because they do not get paid for days they miss for illness.
“We were sending 12 and [...]
FWI on Health: Declining Workplace Health and What to Do
Ellen Galinsky was interviewed for a piece on CNN/Health.com where she discusses the latest FWI findings that show “one in three workers has at least one symptom of clinical depression; 41 percent say they feel stressed sometimes, often, or very often; and one in five has trouble falling asleep often or very often. In all, [...]
Ellen Galinsky: “We have seen a real change in both women and men.”