December 11, 2007
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
Business Lobby Presses Agenda Before '08 Vote
"Business lobbyists, nervously anticipating Democratic gains in next year’s elections, are racing to secure final approval for a wide range of health, safety, labor and economic rules, in the belief that they can get better deals from the Bush administration than from its successor… A priority for many employers in 2008 is to secure changes in the rules for family and medical leave. Under a 1993 law, people who work for a company with 50 or more employees are generally entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for newborn children or sick relatives or to tend to medical problems of their own. The Labor Department has signaled its interest in changes by soliciting public comments.”
Law Firms Face Gray Area as Boomers Age
"Getting old has never been so good. If you're healthy and productive and eager to keep working, there's a law firm out there that wants you. Need work/life balance? No problem. Fancy setting your own schedule? Done. No matter that you're an aging baby boomer approaching senior status. You can demand -- and get -- flexibility.”
Lonegan Blasts Rutgers Over Pro-Paid Family Leave Organization
"Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan, the New Jersey Director of the conservative group Americans for Prosperity, thinks that Rutgers University is hosting a partisan organization. At issue is a Web site for The New Jersey Time to Care Coalition that is hosted by Rutgers University’s Center for Women and Work. The site promotes the concept of paid family leave. A bill introducing a form of paid family leave, sponsored by incoming Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney, is currently in committee in the legislature, and may come up for a vote during this session.”