December 15, 2006
The Workplace Flexibility 2010 News Roundup is a compilation of the latest news articles, reports and other materials related to workplace flexibility. The News Roundup appears twice-weekly. If you have questions about any of the items, please contact Jennifer Hedrick at jlh62@law.georgetown.edu.
Articles
Married Couples Increasingly Relocate for Wife's Career
Many married couples choose to relocate for the wife’s job and also hope to obtain more flexible work schedules.
Barriers Scupper Better Work-Life Balance
"Whether it's an over-developed work ethic, peer pressure, worries about money or just hostility from bosses, huge barriers continue to stand in the way of Americans achieving anything resembling a decent work-life balance.”
Firms See Wisdom in Elder-Care Plans
"Recognizing the mounting burden of caring for aging parents, companies including NBC Universal, Unilever USA and McGraw-Hill Cos. now offer services that include underwriting the cost of emergency caregivers and connecting employees with nursing-home finders or physicians who specialize in older patients. Some employers are allowing workers to include their elderly parents in health insurance coverage. Some provide counseling, group support sessions, more flexible work schedules and even help with errands and home repairs.” Mentions Ellen Galinsky.
Back to the Future: Mixing Work, Home is Very Old Dilemma
"Many of us don't strike a balance between work and life so much as we defend against the utter destruction of either.”
Looking Only for Results
"At its headquarters, Best Buy is editing the word "schedule" from its vocabulary in a quest for worker satisfaction.”
Podcasts
The Opt-Out Discussions--Part 2
"We continue our conversation on the Opt-Out Revolution debate taking place in the media with the four writers we featured in episode five. This time we concentrate on what they had to say about changing family roles and the culture of work in general. We also bring the conversation back full circle, to what changes employers are making that promise a different future.”