What’s New from the Sloan Network?
Karen Corday February 27th, 2009
New From the Network:
- Please join us for our free Thought Leaders Conference Call: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life: The Theory and Practice of Total Leadership. March 5th from 2-3 pm.
- New Topic Page: Paid Sick Leave, advised by Vicky Lovell, PhD.
- New Work and Family Encyclopedia entry: Gender Crossing, Work-Family Configurations, and Career Outcomes, by Caryn Medved, PhD.
- Welcome, Mary Curlew! Mary recently joined the Network team as a Policy Research Associate. Working closely with Julie Schwartz Weber, our Policy Outreach Specialist, Mary will be tracking work-family legislation and researching work-family policy matters (such as paid sick days, paid family leave, flexible work schedules and telework). She will also help with drafting policy documents such as our Policy Briefing Series and new Mini-Briefs.
- Thank you to all who have joined us at Twitter! Please note that you do not need to create a Twitter account to follow along with us. You may simply read the updates at http://twitter.com/SloanNetwork or follow along on the sidebar of the blog or the front page of the site.
Free Work and Family Content on the Web:
- Small Business Administration: Self-Employed Women and Time Use
- Canadian Policy Research Networks: Canadian Social Policy in the 2000’s: Bringing Place In
- National Statistics [U.K.]: Economic & Labour Market Review, February 2009
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Decade of Neglect Has Weakened Federal Low-Income Housing Programs
- Watson Wyatt: Effect of the Economic Crisis on HR Programs
- U.S. Census Bureau: America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2008
- U.S. Government Accountability Office: Older Workers: Enhanced Communication among Federal Agencies Could Improve Strategies for Hiring and Retaining Experienced Workers
