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Family Friendly Employers? |
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We’d like to know more about your interest in family friendly employers. Please take 2 minutes to answer 3 questions.
Our recent poll found that “Family Friendly Employers” is the work and family topic of greatest interest. Fifty-six percent of respondents asked the Network to develop work-family resources on family friendly employers, followed by resilience, stress and coping (39%) and return on investment or the business case (34%). The poll was available to Network affiliates from November 12-December 3, 2007, and completed by 440 people.
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New Work and Family State Profiles |
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The Sloan Work and Family Research Network is proud to announce that the Work and Family State Profiles for all 50 states are now available, covering legislative activity during the 2007 session. These one page profiles provide a snapshot of how each state addresses issues facing working families and place the work-family agenda of each state in a national context. |
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Joan C. Williams
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Family Responsibilities Discrimination |
An Interview with Joan C. Williams
by Judi Casey and Karen Corday | Download Interview (PDF) |
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Casey: What is family responsibilities discrimination, or FRD? Can you give some examples?
Williams: Family responsibilities discrimination is workplace discrimination against workers who have family responsibilities for caring for children, elderly parents, or other ill family members. The paradigmatic example is that of a woman who is succeeding at her job in terms of reputation and performance evaluations until she has a baby. When she returns to work after having the baby, she unexpectedly starts to encounter poor performance evaluations, even though she thinks she’s not doing anything differently. She feels that she is no longer considered for promotions or given opportunities for more challenging assignments.
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Percentage of Family Responsibilities Discrimination
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Source: Still, M.C. (2006). Litigating the maternal wall: U.S. lawsuits charging discrimination against workers with family responsibilities. Retrieved March 11, 2008, from the WorkLifeLaw web site |
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Additional Resources Related to Family Responsibilities Discrimination |
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Work-Family Project |
Workforce and Family Program at the New America Foundation
By David Gray, Program Director
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The New America Foundation is a non-partisan, centrist think tank in Washington, D.C., dedicated to bringing new voices, ideas and solutions to help tackle public problems. The Workforce and Family Program at New America seeks to contribute to the improvement of life for workers, families, and children in ways that support the economy and find common ground....
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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| CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS |
- National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies: 2008 National Policy Symposium
Where: Hyatt Regency, Washington, DC - When: April 1-5, 2008
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National Mothers' Center Conference
Theme: "Thinking Beyond Ourselves & Beyond Today"
Where: Long Island Sheraton, Hauppage, NY - When: April 4-6, 2008
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Summit on Economic Justice for Women
Convened by
the National Organization for Women, the Institute for Women's Policy Research, and the National Council of Negro Women
Where:Atlanta, GA - When: April 11-12, 2008
»View all conference announcements |
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| LITERATURE UPDATES |
The Sloan Work and Family Research Network maintains an online database which contains the citations and annotations of work-family research publications.
One year ago, there were 8,450 citations in the Literature Database. As of March 2008, we now have over 9,350 citations.
Each month, we highlight up to ten publications that have recently been entered into this database.
See this month's selections |
| UPCOMING ISSUES |
Take Part in The Network News
Upcoming issues of The Network News will focus on the following topics:
- Domestic Violence in the Workplace
- Paid Sick Leave
- Next Generation Corporate Citizenship
Is your work related to any of these topics? If so, please contact us. |
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Lauren Leonard, Administrative Assistant |
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Sandee Shulkin, MSW, Project Manager |
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Julie Weber, J.D., Policy Specialist |
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