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 WF2010@law.georgetown.edu.
November
Today’s News Roundup includes an article that examines various strategies for reducing unemployment.
Today’s News Roundup includes a special report about retirement and an article on the effects of the economic recession on family life.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report on an effort in Congress to pass legislation to provide paid sick leave and several articles on telework.
Today’s News Roundup includes an article on the politics of paid sick leave and a report on unemployment.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report that highlights the need for paid sick days and examines workplace policies that discourage sick workers from staying home.
October
Today’s News Roundup includes two very different responses to the Shriver Report and two very different ideas about paid sick leave.
Today’s News Roundup includes an article on the challenges of returning to work after an extended period of unemployment and a report on the increasing number of people over 65 seeking employment.
Today’s News Roundup includes several articles on career reentry and a report on the expectations of younger workers.
Today’s News Roundup includes several responses to the Shriver Report, including one by Workplace Flexibility 2010 co-directors Chai Feldblum and Katie Corrigan.
Today’s News Roundup includes the release of the Shriver Report and a collection of essays published in Time Magazine about “the quiet revolution” that has “changed the status of American women.”
Today’s News Roundup includes an article pointing to the blind spots of the GDP and a couple contributions to the National Work and Family Month blog series.
Today’s News Roundup includes a history of ‘scientific management’ and an article on the career implications of the current recession for recent college graduates.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report about the aging workforce and several articles about women and work.
Today’s News Roundup includes an analysis of census data that challenges the “opt-out revolution” and a sample of the debate the analysis provoked.
September
Today’s News Roundup includes a special report on the work-family dilemma that confronts mothers and fathers in the military and a blog post on how technology is transforming work.
Today’s News Roundup includes an article on O.P.M. Chief John Berry’s support for telework and several reports on the implications of the Great Recession for employment in America.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report that examines the relationship between the workplace and wellness and an article on how the Great Recession is causing many women to seek to return to the workplace.
Today’s News Roundup includes an article about how some businesses are preparing for flu season and a couple of surveys on careers and well-being.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report on the shortcomings of the GDP as a measure of economic growth and social progress and the announcement from Barack Obama of his intent to nominate Chai Feldblum to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Today’s News Roundup includes a column that explores the effects of the economic recession on job security and satisfaction and an article that examines the recent increase in the employment of older workers.
Today’s News Roundup includes several prognostications about the “future or work,” a blog post by two members of the WF2010 staff, and a radio braodcast about the increasing importance of work-life balance to men.
Today’s News Roundup includes updates from across America on paid sick leave legislation and reports on how the recession has affected the demographics of the labor force.
Today’s News Roundup includes a strategy for expanding telework, an article on telework-life balance, and a defense of vacation.
August
Today’s News Roundup includes a feature on the future of the four-day workweek and survey data on remote workers.
Today’s News Roundup includes an article in support of telework and survey results that suggest a link between access to technology and overwork.
Today’s News Roundup includes an article on the strategies advanced by the CDC to limit the spread of swine flu and notes from a conference panel on balancing a career in journalism with family.
Today’s News Roundup includes insight into the relationship between well-being and workplace flexibility and a report on the employment benefits valued by Generation Y.
Today’s News Roundup includes strong support from the editorial pages of the Boston Globe for sick leave and the “2009 Guide to Bold New Ideas for Making Work Work,” a report published by the Families and Work Institute that highlights flexible workplaces.
Today’s News Roundup includes an article on phased retirement and a report on the National Vacation Summit convened to discuss the various benefits of taking time off from work.
Today’s News Roundup includes an essay in support of paid family leave and a report about innovative Flexible Work Arrangements.
July
Today’s News Roundup includes an update on the legal battle over sick leave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and several articles on career reentry.
Today’s News Roundup includes reports on what the federal government is doing and can do to increase flexibility for its employees and an article that examines the environmental argument for compressed workweeks.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report that examines workplace flexibility and labor unions, an article on the popularity of work-life blogs, and an argument for including family leave in health care reform.
Today’s News Roundup includes a thoughtful column by David Brooks on the implications of the American meritocracy and an article on the controversy surrounding Jack Welch, who recently opined that “work-life balance” is an illusion.
Today’s News Roundup includes a window into the work and family balance of a professional basketball player and an article that suggests that work schedules are partially determined by access to health insurance.
Today’s News Roundup includes an article on the work and life of White House aides and a report on job retraining programs.
June
Today’s News Roundup includes a look at the viability of flexible work arrangements in the current recession and a progress report on “Flex in the City,” a program in Houston, TX, intended to encourage flexible work arrangements.
Today’s News Roundup includes an interview with an expert on career reentry, interesting thoughts on the language of work-life, and several articles on freelancers.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report from CEPR on the relationship between paid sick leave policies and unemployment and an interview with Jeremy Adam Smith, author of “The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms and Shared Parenting Are Transforming the American Family.”
Today’s News Roundup includes several articles on working fathers and a report that sheds light on the need for workplace flexibility among those with a chronic illness.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report on the care giving role of people with aging and ill parents and an essay on the impact of the recession on family.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report on the hearing convened by Congress to discuss the Healthy Families Act and the FIRST Act as well as an essay in support of paid family leave.
Today’s News Roundup includes a new proposal for paid family leave as well as an essay on nontraditional work weeks.
Today’s News Roundup includes several articles about a piece of legislation recently approved by the House of Representatives that would provide paid parental leave to federal employees.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report on the release of “Womenomics,” a book that provides a gender-based argument for flexible work arrangements, and an interview of its authors.
May
Today’s News Roundup includes an article on the release of a report that compares the flexibility of a range of professions as well as an interview with author-philosopher Alain de Botton on the nature of work.
Today’s News Roundup includes an overview of a commencement speech delivered by David Plouffe, who managed Obama’s presidential campaign, on the importance of balancing work and family and several articles on summer vacation.
In today’s News Roundup, find a feature on the “Extreme Child-Care Maneuvers” that working parents are making to balance family and work responsibilities as well as an article on a new paid vacation proposal introduced by a Florida Congressman.
Today's News Roundup includes an article on a recently introduced piece of legislation that would provide paid sick leave to American workers and a pertinent report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research that underscores its importance.
Today's News Roundup includes reports about the release of Workplace Flexibility 2010's public policy platform on flexible work arrangements as well as several articles on paid sick leave legislation.
Today’s News Roundup features Workplace Flexibility 2010’s public policy platform on flexible work arrangements. Also find an article by a medical doctor that prescribes paid sick leave.
May 8, 2009Today’s News Roundup features reports on Michelle Obama’s address on work-life issues and articles about several proposals to expand workplace flexibility for federal employees.
Today’s News Roundup includes articles on the public health concern of presenteeism, the need for paid sick leave, and telework.
Today’s News Roundup is dominated by headlines that propose policies like telecommuting and paid sick days to limit the spread of epidemics like Swine Flu.
April
April 28, 2009Today’s News Roundup includes an article on legislation passed in Texas to provide paid leave to volunteers, and a report on the unique careers of Arizona lawmakers.
Today’s News Roundup includes several articles about the impact of the recession on workplace flexibility, a “best practices” report issued by the EEOC on accommodating working parents, and a piece on the priorities of the new director of the Office of Personnel Management, John Berry.
April 21, 2009Today’s News Roundup includes more insight into how the economic recession is altering traditional gender roles and workplace attitudes as well as an entreaty for legislative action on paid sick leave.
April 17, 2009Today’s News Roundup includes polling data from Gallup on European attitudes towards work-life balance, and an article on how workplace flexibility boosts employee morale.
April 14, 2009Today’s News Roundup includes a report on a course at George Washington University that explores work-life balance and an article on the well-paid time off provided by law firms to retain employees during the recession.
Today’s News Roundup includes an editorial by Representative Peter Stark (D-CA) in support of legislation to provide paid family leave and information about the NIOSH WorkLife Initiative.
Today’s News Roundup includes a policy proposal from Dean Baker for financing paid time off, and a discussion about the European approach to preserving jobs during a recession.
March
Today’s News Roundup includes a couple interpretations of a survey just released by the Families and Work Institute as well as an article on the alluring flexibility of government jobs.
Today’s News Roundup includes a feature on the tenability of flexible work arrangements in a recession and a report on how the economic crisis is locking older and younger workers in a competition for jobs.
March 20, 2009Today’s News Roundup includes several articles on the need for many older workers to remain in the workforce and news of the early success of a paid family leave proposal in the Minnesota State Legislature.
Today’s News Roundup includes a report on the significance of workplace ‘sabbaticals’ and an article on the progress of a parental leave bill in Colorado.
Today’s News Roundup includes a feature on the newly established Council on Women and Girls that has workplace flexibility in its purview and a report on how the recession is affecting maternity leave.
Today's News Roundup includes a survey that reveals the increasing value of work-life balance as well as a report on the flexible careers of travelling nurses.
March 6, 2009Today's News Roundup includes several articles on paid family leave and a discussion about telecommuting in a recession.
Today's News Roundup includes coverage of an effort at University of Chicago to expand workplace flexibility and an article on how the economic recession might influence work-life balance.
February
Today's News Roundup includes articles on career reentry and paid time off as well as a feature on Representative Jan Schakowsky's approach to work-family issues.
Today's News Roundup includes several articles that examine the impact of the economic crisis on the elderly as well as a piece on the dispiriting effects of unemployment.
Today's News Roundup includes a report on career reentry for cancer survivors and an opinion piece in support of a paid family leave proposal in Oregon.
Today's News Roundup includes an account of Michelle Obama's speech about work-life issues at Howard University in Washington, DC, as well as an article that pinpoints the problem with automated scheduling systems.
Today's News Roundup contains many articles concerning the effects of the economic crisis on work-life issues.
Today's News Roundup includes a report on how the economic recession is influencing the composition of the workforce and an article arguing that expanding workplace flexibility is key to closing the wage gap between men and women.
Today's News Roundup includes several articles on the policy interests of Michelle Obama and insight into how the recession has affected the structure and demographics of the workplace.
January
Today's News Roundup includes Vice President Joseph Biden's eidtorial on working families. The VP outlines the purpose and objectives of the recently announced task force on the middle class that will examine work/life issues.
Today's News Roundup includes a novel plan for instituting paid leave for American workers as well as an argument that Generation Y has opted for an "odyssey" rather than a career.
Today's News Roundup includes a report on the Community Policy Forum convened by Workplace Flexibility 2010 in Savannah, Georgia, as well as an article on the "policy potential" of First Lady Michelle Obama.
Today's News Roundup includes an essay that delves into the conflict between work and maternity as well as several articles on how the economic crisis is affecting family structure.
Today's News Roundup includes a report on the benefits of prenatal leave and several articles on Short Term Time Off (STO).
Today's News Roundup includes several perspectives on Carolyn Kennedy's prospective "career re-entry," as well as a report on the significance of workplace flexibility for parents whose children have disabilities.