The 2008 Presidential race is heating up and it’s interesting to note that 2 of the candidates are working parents of young children.
If you’re in the United States, you would have to have been under a rock not to know that Republican John McCain selected Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, as his running mate […]
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Debbie and Christy, I’ve already sent a message to each of you so be sure to watch for it in your inbox.
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Here’s something I never thought I’d see. Some new legislation in Australia is being geared towards the balance of career and kids. According to The Age online:
“Employers will have to ensure that they do not “unreasonably refuse” to adjust their working arrangements to accommodate the family or carer’s responsibilities of staff, whether this occurs by allowing […]
The Sydney Morning Herald looks at the four day work week and maintains that it doesn’t work:
Packing 40 hours into four days isn’t necessarily an efficient way to work. Many people find that eight hours are tough enough; requiring them to stay for an extra two could cause morale and productivity to decrease. As for […]
I caught this post over at the tree hugging family a couple days ago and it got me thinking. The title of the post is:
“I don’t cook. So I made my eat-in-kitchen a fabulous walk-in closet.”
It’s about an ad that encourages people to use credit to “achieve their dreams” (like turning their kitchen into a walk-in […]
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There are certain industries that seem to be less kind to working parents than others. (Not that any of them have it easy). One of them is the legal field.
If you’ll pardon me a pop culture reference, I remember years ago on L.A. Law a story line about a female lawyer that had a baby. She ”went part time” in order […]
As I’ve said here before, I’m not one to feel intense guilt or anguish regarding being a working parent, it just is what it is and I try to do the best I can. However, like most people, there are definitely some days that are harder than others to make it all fit.
I can’t […]
Earlier in the week I wrote about my puppy Genevieve, otherwise known as “my latest interruption.” Having her here with me while I work means that I have to pay attention to her and my work at the same time. But I realized that there’s a flip side to getting interrupted. It has made me […]
Many workers, parents and non-parents alike, enjoy work-at-home arrangements with their employers.
I’ve never worked from home, so I don’t know how such arrangements are monitored, but an article in the Wall Street Journal shed some light on the current trend of electronically monitoring home based workers:
They’re taking photos of workers’ computer screens at random, counting […]
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