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Sloan Network Updates and Announcements
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 The third issue of the Policy Leadership Series, focusing on Telework and Telecommuting, has been mailed to over 1,700 state policy makers across the country.
The Network's website has recently undergone some changes including updates to the "look" and organization of the site as well as the addition of a new “News & Announcements” page!
The Network's work-family statistics and bills & statutes are now searchable!
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| The California Paid Leave Program |
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Ruth Milkman |
An Interview with Ruth Milkman of the California Family Leave Research Project
by Sandee Shulkin and Karen Corday
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Shulkin: Can you give a brief explanation of the California Paid Leave Program?
Milkman: The Paid Family Leave Law was passed by the state legislature in 2002, but it didn’t take effect until July 1, 2004. The law provides up to six weeks of wage replacement at 55% of a worker’s weekly earnings, with a cap of $840.00 per week, for employees who need to take time off to bond with a new baby or to care for a seriously ill family member. It’s important to understand that California also has state-administered Temporary Disability Insurance [TDI], so pregnant women who were already eligible for that insurance are now eligible for benefits pregnancy leave in addition to disability leave under this new program as well. In other words, it can be used...
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Support for Paid Family and Medical Leave in California by Selected Characteristics
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Source: This chart is adapted from Milkman, R. & Appelbaum, E. (2004). Paid family leave in California: New research findings. The State of California Labor, 4, 45-67.
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Ruth Milkman of the UCLA California Family Leave Research Project discusses the California Paid Family Leave Law. |
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A graph illustrates the public approval of the California Paid Family Leave Law by different groups of California residents. |
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The Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan announces their new publication Family-Friendly Policies in Higher Education: Where Do We Stand? |
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The Sloan Work and Family Research Network maintains an
online database which contains the citations and annotations of work-family research publications.
A year ago, there were 6,200 citations in the Literature Database. As of November 2005, we now have over 6,800 citations.
Each month, we highlight up to 10 publications from those that have recently been entered into this database.
Click here to see this month's selections
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Work-Family Project
Family-Friendly Policies in Higher Education: Where Do We Stand?
By Carol Hollenshead and Jeanne Miller
Faculty recruitment and retention is an important issue for any administrator in academia. The changing demographic profile of faculty makes the issue of family-friendly policies more significant to higher education administrators. What family-friendly policies are currently in place at institutions of higher education across the country, and at what types of institutions? The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) at the University of Michigan has just released a new publication that examines the family-friendly policies most often offered, assists administrators in identifying which policies they might implement at their institutions and allows them to compare their own institutions’ policies in relation to their peers...
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| Call for Papers |
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Twelfth Annual National College and University Work/Family Association (CUWFA) Conference
Deadline for Submission: November 30, 2005
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Family Support America 25th Anniversary Conference
Deadline for Submission: November 30, 2005 |
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| Conference Announcements |
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 Global Perspectives- Fourth International Congress on Women Work and Health - WWH 2005
Where: New Delhi - When: November 27 - 30, 2005
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Global Perspectives- Institute for Health and Productivity Management Fifth Annual UK Program
Where: London – When: December 8, 2005
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Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA)
Where: Wellesley, MA – When: December 8, 2005 |
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Let us know what you think! |
We'd love to have your feedback on the new format of the Sloan Network Newsletter.
Please e-mail all comments and suggestions to: wfnetwork@bc.edu
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Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
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Judi Casey, MSW, Project Director |
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Karen Corday , MSLIS, Research Associate |
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Christina Matz, MSW and Sandee Shulkin, MSW, Co-Project Managers |
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E-mail: wfnetwork@bc.edu
Phone: 617-552-4033 / 617-552-1708
Fax: 617-552-1080
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Mailing Address:
Sloan Work and Family Research Network
Boston College
605 McGuinn Hall
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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