By Jacey Fortin (New York City)
If workplace flexibility is so good for employees and their managers, why is it such a hard sell?
A recent survey conducted by WorldatWork in 2011 found that workplace flexibility is positively correlated with employee engagement, worker satisfaction and low turnover. But the same survey found that most organizations do [...]

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By Jacey Fortin
Here’s some good news: the history of human work patterns reveals that leisure time is on the rise, and people today work less than ever before.
In a 2010 report, the Economic History Association (EH) noted that “because of the decline in the length of the workweek and the declining portion of a [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
In 1970, 30 percent of children under the age of six had both parents working outside of the home. According to Catalyst, the amount of dual-earner marriages is now closer to 80 percent and that number is only expected to increase as more families seek out greater economic security. We’ve had [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
In the previews to the new Sarah Jessica Parker film “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” we see a frantic and tired woman constantly in motion; she’s running her children to school, dashing to the office, staying up all night creating her mental to-do list. Some contend that this is [...]

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By Elizabeth Bales Frank
Work-life coach Amber Rosenberg recently released a survey citing guilt as a top challenge for working mothers. Fast on the heels of this not-so-happy announcement came a story in the Wall Street Journal detailing a study conducted by a graduate student in sociology which concluded that working mothers who accept that they [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
According to a recent study in the Journal of Vocational Behaviour, there is a huge disconnect in policy and practice when it comes to corporate flex programs. The study, “Influences on employee perceptions of organizational work–life support: Signals and resources,” found that even though many companies have flex policies [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
Last year we may have “officially” declared that technology helps work/life balance. But there’s also the flip side: for example, a new study by specialist insurer, Hiscox, found that only 5 percent of the 304 people surveyed reported not working on weekends and only 3 percent keep their mobile devices [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
According to a Baylor University study published online in the Journal of Applied Psychology, women who return to work after giving birth are more likely to stay on the job if they have greater control over their work schedules. Researchers also found that job security and the ability to make use [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
In a recent Forbes piece, Georgia Collins, managing director of North American business for strategic consulting agency DEGW, wrote about her decision to go back to work after her son was born. She wrote:
“It wasn’t easy going back to work in March – five months after my son was [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
A recent report by A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center, a national legal advocacy organization, revealed that nearly 85 percent of fathers feel pressure to be both a financial provider and an engaged parent, and three out of four fathers worry that their jobs do not allow them [...]

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