In recent years, businesses increasingly have offered remote work arrangements to keep employees happy and productive. Now, a new study has quantified just how appreciative remote workers really are — and how much your company stands to benefit.
Using data drawn from thousands of detailed time diaries, economist Valerie Ramey estimated, in 2008, how much time women spent on “home production,” an umbrella term for cooking, cleaning, childcare and other kinds of unpaid household labor. In 1900, a married employed woman put in about 27 hours a week, and in 2005 she did … about 27 hours.
With a record number of women running for president in the U.S., it’s no surprise that the concerns of working parents are on the 2020 agenda. The prominence of these issues on the campaign trail reflects a growing awareness about the needs of working parents in the U.S., particularly working mothers. Danna Greenberg, author and upcoming Roundtable Meeting speaker, and Jamie Ladge share their thoughts about later-stage working parents, who can be just as vulnerable as new parents to feeling pulled between career and family.
Although corporate wellness has become an $8 billion a year industry, the results seem disappointing. Stress and burnout are at epidemic levels. Employee engagement, a key indicator of individual and organizational wellness, remains low. Why are we not getting a higher return on our wellness investment?
Gay men around the world receive less paid parental leave than lesbian or heterosexual couples, researchers said on Thursday, with many left struggling to pay household bills if they opt to spend more time at home with their children.
