What’s New
Karen Corday August 15th, 2008
New From the Network:
- Two new Work-Family Leaders in Who’s Who in Work and Family: Julie Atkins and Michelle Janning.
- The following Topic Pages are recently updated:
Generation X/Generation Y
Low Wage Workers
Older Workers Overview
Phased Retirement
Work and Family News Headlines:
- Slackers No More
Raquel Laneri of Forbes.com interviews Lisa Chamberlain about her new book, Slackonomics: Generation X in the Age of Creative Destruction. - Cornell Study Finds Overworked Husbands Drive Wives from Workplace
Danielle Henbest of the Ithaca Times writes about a new study from Youngjoo Cha of Cornell University that found that husbands who worked long hours are more likely “to entice a woman to quit her job.”
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Work and Family News From Around the Globe:
- DEED Will Enforce Rules: Some Students Won’t Qualify for After-School Program
Brett Kalman of the Pacific Daily News reports that Guam’s Department of Education Extended Day Program will now restrict assess to after-school programs to have been tested through Standard 10 testing to be “high risk.” - Women Rise Up in the Ranks in Middle East Workplace
Ameinfo.com reports that according to recent research by bayt.com and YouGovSiraj, 60 percent of Middle Eastern women surveyed feel they are treated fairly as compared to their male co-workers.
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