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July 31st, 2007

Americans are busy, time is scarce

An article in the UMass Amherst alumni magazine, Keep On Keepin’ On, talks about work being a “greedy” institution, it takes all your time.
According to the story, people have less time than ever, and, even though the work week is the same, people are devoting more time to paid work than ever before, and, […]

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February 4th, 2007

United States lacking in family oriented workplace policies

According to the Women’s Bioethics blog, it looks like the United States is behind other countries in family oriented workplace policies.
We lag behind in areas such as paternity leave, right to breastfeed in the workplace, no federal law guaranteeing paid sick time, and, no mandates for a maximum length for the work week.
Though I’d love […]

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