November 14, 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
When Money Isn't Everything
"Working in retirement is not an oxymoron. In fact, it is quickly becoming more of the norm. And the motivation for these workers is considerably different from their colleagues or even themselves in years past.”
Can Working Mothers Have it All?
"When ABC announced that I would be stepping down this past summer as the co-anchor of "World News Tonight," there were a lot of people who felt this was a bad precedent for working moms. Women's organizations protested to my bosses at ABC, and columnists debated the message my job change would send. For me, though, giving up the anchor chair at the evening news, and returning exclusively to anchor "20/20" was the right decision.I loved my job at ‘World News,’ but the prospect of doing it well, and still finding time to be a good mother to 3-year-old Zachary and my new baby, Samuel, felt impossible. Anchoring ‘20/20’ gives me a lot more flexibility to be a good parent.”
Boomers: A Great Focus for your Business
"Boomers are defying marketing experts' traditional beliefs about older consumers. The theory has always been that once a person has reached middle adulthood, their purchasing preferences are fixed. But Boomers are changing the rules.”
Op-eds
The Family-Friendly Congress
"WHILE the excitement over Nancy Pelosi, most likely to be our first female speaker of the House, is still fresh, and while those of us who care about these things are still bubbling over the election of the highest number of women to Congress in history, I’d like to issue a challenge: Ladies, step up to the plate on behalf of the rest of America’s women — and their families.”
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