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Work and Family News from Around the Globe |
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- Balancing Act: It's All in a Day's Work for Mothers
Katie Gunn writes for Ireland's Independent about her experiences returning to work after the birth of her third child.
- Court Allows Fathers to Receive Paid Leave
The Moscow Times reports that a federal law was rewritten to allow fathers to receive paid family leave to care for a sick child.
- Stress Timebomb at the Workplace as Staff Hide Anxieties to Keep Their Jobs
Claire Harrison of the Belfast Telegraph writes about the danger of ignoring high stress levels out of fear of losing one's job.
- Unemployed Women in Britain on Their Plights as the Recession Bites
The Guardian interviews 5 women about their experiences looking for work in the recession.
- Britain Needs Wisdom of Older Workers More Than Ever
Jackie Ashley of The Guardian, UK, discusses the jump in unemployment of people aged 50 and older due to the economic crisis. Ashley reports on older adults struggle to find employment when employees are favoring younger workers.
- Creating a Positive Workplace
Lauren Newkirk Maynard of the UB Reporter reports on Kathie Frier’s new job leading UB’S Wellness and Work/Life Balance office.
- More Than a Million Pensioners Forced to Work to Top Up Shrinking Benefits
Harry Wallop of the United Kingdom's Telegraph reports that "figures from the Office for National Statistics, published on Tuesday, paint a stark picture of pensioners becoming increasingly reliant on their savings and on having to go out to work."
- Britain Needs a Shorter-Hours Culture
David Spencer of the United Kingdom's Guardian calls for a change in traditional orthodox economic theory to a more radical approach that would readjust work time to reduce the jobless rate and improve work life quality.
- Official Figures Understate Unemployment
Teresa Ooi of The Australian writes that the "number of people in the jobless queue is much higher than official figures because more than 800,000 part-time workers are desperate to work more hours."
- Who's the Daddy?
Sabine Durrant of the Irish Times interviews Richard Collier, law professor and author of Fragmenting Fatherhood, "a socio-legal study of the changing role of fathers in society."
- Workers Too Afraid to Take Sick Leave
Inthenews.co.uk reports on a survey conducted by Minster Law Solicitors that shows employees reluctance to take sick leave with such an unstable job environment.
- A Complicated Private Life Begets a Public Debate
Edward Cody of the Washington Post reports on France’s Justice Minister Rachida Dati’s quick return to work five days after giving birth.
- EU Court: Illness No Reason to Deny Paid Leave
The EU high court voided German and British labor laws that deny annual paid sick leave to workers.
- Bad Boss, Workload Take Toll on Parents
Gina Hechanova of the Philippine Daily Inquirer discusses a recent survey of 371 Filipino working parents, in which 76% of repondents reported work as their main source of stress.
- Maternity Leave: Length, Payment, and Other Forms of Family Leave
Newsdesk.se reports on a recent public hearing held by the EP Women's Rights Commission in response to the European Commission's October proposal to extend maternity leave from 14 weeks to 18 weeks.
- Credit Crunch Dashes Hope of Giving Up Work
David Maddox of Edinburgh's The Scotsman reports that one of every four workers aged 55-64 reports postponing their planned retirement as a result of the recession.
- Get 'Family-Friendly' or Recession Will Last Longer
Kathryn May of the Ottawa Citizen talks with Linda Duxbury about her recent report, "Key Findings and Recommendations from the 2001 National Work-Life Conflict Study."
- Tilting Precariously Out of Balance: Increasing Tension Between Work and Family Time
Canada's Vanier Institute of the Family announces the release of two new reports "that paint a troubling picture of the difficulties Canadians are having in striking a good and healthy balance between work and family responsibilities": Work Family Balance: What Do We Really Know and Family Life and Work Life: An Uneasy Balance.
- The Nordic Balance
Ranjita Biswas of the Hindu Business Line reports that the 2008 Global Gender Gap Report is now available, with Norway topping the list in the best equality norms for women, followed by Finland, Sweden, Iceland, and New Zealand.
- Job Autonomy Blurs Work-Life Balance: Study
Rafael Brusilow of Metro Canada discusses a recent study from the University of Toronto that found that workers who make their own schedules tend to bring home more work than workers with less autonomy.
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