Updates Available: Bills by Theme
Featured Guest Blogger May 14th, 2009
Mary Curlew is a Policy Assistant for the Sloan Work and Family Research Network.
The Sloan Work and Family Network is excited to announce the release of three new additions to their Bills by Theme (BBT) series. These new products focus on current proposed legislation concerning flexible work schedules, part-time work, and telework.
The Sloan Network started the BBT series to give policy makers an overview of work-family bills that have been proposed in various states during a specific legislative session. However, the BBT materials go a step further and breakdown the introduced bills into subtopics based on the wording and focus of the bill. We hope you find this helpful in understanding not only what bills are being introduced, but how they are being introduced. For example, upon looking at the BBT on flexible work schedules and telework, you may notice that some states address these two issues through an environmental lens, while others are peering through a labor relations and employee bargaining lens.
Of course, we don’t speculate on why these bills vary, or which focus is more effective or important. That’s up to you and your state’s policy needs. What do you think about the wording and focus of these bills? Also, let us know if you find this format helpful or have suggestions for other topics. We’d love to hear your thoughts and insight.
