Category Archives: Policy

Don’t lose the family in the headlines about the State of the Union

By Ellen Galinsky | Published: January 27, 2010
Cross-posted from Huffington Post: In listening to the political commentators prepare for the State of the Union Address tonight, most of them are telling the President that he must reframe the discussion, have courage, and focus on jobs, jobs, jobs. I think that the President is doing something quite courageous that SADLY may be missed in the [...]
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“A Woman’s Nation” Demands Workplace Flexibility

By FWInews | Published: October 21, 2009
Chai Feldblum and Katie Corrigan wrote an excellent piece that spurs off the attention being given the Shriver Report, “A Woman’s Nation”: The Shriver Report’s release is coinciding with National Work & Family Month – presenting us with an opportunity to look more critically at how workforce trends impact our personal and family lives. The Shriver [...]
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Phoebe Taubman from A Better Balance

By Morra | Published: September 1, 2009
I interviewed Phoebe Taubman, who is an Equal Justice Works Fellow and project attorney at A Better Balance, a New York City based non profit organization. A Better Balance is “helping to draft government legislation and influence corporate change on policies such as paid sick leave, paid family leave, and more flexible workplaces. A paid-sick-leave [...]
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How is the recession affecting the workplace?

By Morra | Published: July 23, 2009
How is the economic downturn affecting the American workplace? A new study released today by the Families and Work Institute (FWI) finds that in the face of recession, and at a time of cost cutting, the overwhelming majority of employers (94%) are maintaining or increasing their workplace flexibility programs. In fact a quarter of the [...]
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