What’s New From the Sloan Network?
Karen Corday May 1st, 2009
New from the Network:
- April issue of the Network News, featuring an interview with New Hampshire State Representative Mary Stuart Gile on state legislation for working families.
- On April 15, 2009, we convened the 2009 Sloan Network Panel Meeting in Utrecht (the Netherlands) on “Intended and Unintended Consequences of Work-Family Policy: Lessons through International Comparison.” Participants included 17 people from around the globe including Australia, the Netherlands, France, UK, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Israel and the US. The goal of the meeting was to identify variations in work-family policies among countries, the forces that shape these variations, the extent to which these policies precipitate intended outcomes of supporting working families, their employers, and national economies, and some of the unintended consequences, particularly on gender equity and career advancement. More information to come.
- Judi Casey and Steve Sweet presented on “Integrating the Sloan Work and Family Research Network in Research, Teaching and Practice” at the Third International Community, Work & Family Conference on April 17 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
New, free work and family content on the web:
- EEOC: Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities
- Equality and Human Rights Commission: Work and Care: A Study of Modern Parents
- Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health: Time Use of New Mothers: What Does it Tell Us About Time Use Methodologies?
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: College Enrollment and Work Activity of High School Graduates
- U.S. House of Representatives: Cap-And-Trade Energy Tax Will Cause Redistribution of Wealth among States and Working Families
- U.S. Census Bureau: Census Bureau Releases Data Showing Relationship Between Education and Earnings
- LexisNexis: New Study Examines Technology Generation Gap in the Workplace
- White House Middle Class Task Force: Financing the Dream: Securing College Affordability for the Middle Class
- Grandparents.com: The Grandparent Economy
- Small Business Administration: Veteran Business Demographics
- National Council on Disability: Federal Employment of People with Disabilities
