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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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Issue 13 of the Policy Briefing Series Now Available |
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The Sloan Work and Family Research Network has just released, “Providing Working Families with an Important Resource: Time.” The brief highlights state legislative activity from 2005-2007 that enables workers to manage better their work and family needs, without sacrificing their mental and physical health, work responsibilities, salary, or familial responsibilities. It also summarizes research on how providing such resources impacts workers, businesses and states.
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Judi Casey at APA/NIOSH/SOHP |
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Judi Casey gave a special lunch time presentation at the March 6-8 APA/NIOSH/SOHP conference on Work, Stress and Health in Washington, DC. Her presentation, Work Family Information at your Finger Tips: A Tour of the Sloan Work and Family Research Network, highlighted Network resources of particular interest to academics and workplace practitioners. Resources on hot topics such as flexible work arrangements, health and wellness, overwork and the multigenerational workforce were emphasized. Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions and receive responses on the spot about their information needs.
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New Encyclopedia Entry: Work-Family Experiences and Physical Health |
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A new Work and Family Encyclopedia entry, Work-Family Experiences and Physical Health: A Summary and Critical Review, by Joseph Grzywacz and Jenna Tucker, is now available.
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New Statistics: Generation X/Y |
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Many new statistics on Generation X/Y are now available in the Statistics section of the web site.
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Best regards,
Judi, Karen, Jennifer, Sandee, Julie and Lauren |
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