What’s New From the Network?
Karen Corday June 26th, 2009
New from the Network:
- New Policy Brief:Â School Involvement Leave
- Five new Policy Mini-Briefs:
Breastfeeding
Military Families
Paid Sick Days
Small Businesses
Time Resources - Three updated issues of the Effective Workplace Series:
Employer-Supported Child Care
Telework
Today’s Diverse Families - This summer, we are working on two new Topic Pages: Single Workers, with and without children, and The Changing Role of Fathers and Caregiving. If you are an expert in either of these areas and have articles, reports or other recent resources to suggest for inclusion on the page, please contact us at wfnet@bc.edu.
New, free work-family content online:
- Urban Institute: Facts and Findings about Foreclosures, Families, and Communities
- White House Press Office: Fact Sheet: Presidential Memorandum on Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination
- Pew Economic Mobility Project: Ups and Downs: Does the American Economy Still Promote Upward Mobility?
- AARP: State Health Care Briefs 2009: Why Health Care Reform is Important
- Center for Economic and Policy Research: Paid Sick Days Don’t Cause Unemployment
- Population Reference Bureau: Social Support, Networks, and Happiness
- U.S. Census Bureau:Â Age and Sex in the United States: 2007 and 2008
- Catalyst: Report to Women in Capital Markets: Benchmarking 2008
