The Older Workers topic page has updated information.

  There is a new Additional Resources page in the State Policy portal.

The latest in the Effective Workplace Series, Health and Workplace Flexibility, is now available.

The Gen X/Gen Y, Overwork, Part-Time Work, and Phased Retirement Fact Sheets have new statistics.

Judi Casey gave a presentation, Linking EAP with Work/Life: A Tour of the Sloan Work and Family Research Network, at the MA/RI EAPA chapter meeting on January 12, 2007. Fifty-five practitioners attended the meeting at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Be sure to keep checking “What’s New in Work and Family” for the latest work and family links. Here are two recent announcements:

Mary Dalyrymple of the Motley Fool writes for MSNBC about six different options for transitioning into retirement in Paths to Retirement: What Kind of Retiree Do You Want to Be?

The Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons College School of Management has released a report, Optioning In Versus "Opting Out": Women Using Flexible Work Arrangements for Career Success. The report culminates a study of 400 working women. Findings indicate that women are using flexible work arrangements to stay in the workplace rather than "opt out."

Best regards,

Judi, Karen, Marcie, Tina, and Sandee