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Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

03/13/13

Childcare costs more than college . Mothers with equal resumes are hired 80 percent less of the time than non-mothers and are offered lower starting salaries. It costs over $200,000 to raise one child from birth to age 18 (not including college). All of this is happening every day in the backdrop...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

03/13/13

Guest post by Julia Lippman Leading up to my 26th birthday, researching health plans was not high on my to do list. This birthday marks my official exit from the young 20s and a hop, skip and a jump away from 30. If you’re like me, you’ve taken full advantage of the Affordable Care Act , allowing...

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Aaron Smith

Open Flexible Work

03/13/13

Best Buy Co, Inc. has gone backwards in time, following the footsteps of Yahoo! and demanding all hands on deck . We're certain that other organizations are going to stumble backwards as well over the next few weeks. When we heard the news, we weren't surprised; as new management came on board over...

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Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson

Open Flexible Work

03/13/13

This story originally appeared in Psychology Today. National Telework Week buzzed about, ironically, bans on telecommuting. Last week, Best Buy announced the end of its work-at-home program known as ROWE (results-only-work-environment), on the heels of Yahoo’s ban on remote work a week before. Then...

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Nanette Fondas

Paid Sick Days

03/13/13

Last July, Felix Trinidad died after working for months with cancer . He wasn’t able to earn paid sick days and he was so worried about losing pay or possibly even his job – and his ability to support his wife and two small children – that he put off going to the doctor until it was too late: His...

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Ruth Martin

03/12/13

This article originally appeared in PowerfulLatinas.com . As Latinas, it behooves us to look at the trends and be ready for our own future, and to take on leadership roles in the country. Latinos Have the Fastest Population Growth Rate According to Census data, Latinos are the fastest growing...

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Aurelia Flores

03/12/13

This story originally appeared in PwC blog . One of Aoife’s recent blog entries shared some insights on the PwC Sponsored session that took place at this year’s Women’s Forum for Economy and Society’s annual global meeting. The session entitled ‘Rising Stars: Developing Millennial Women as Leaders...

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Dr. Elisabeth Kelan

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

03/12/13

I have been following the deluge of blog posts, tweets, etc., which followed the publication of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Atlantic article on “Having it All” . I gave my own response on “Having a life” in my blog , and also tweeted my take, which led her to quote me in her response. The overall...

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Terri E. Givens

Open Flexible Work

03/12/13

Sheryl Sandburg's new book Lean In puts a spotlight on the shortage of women leaders in the work force. She underscores that motherhood is a time when many women get side tracked from their careers. She advises young women to "lean in" in order to stay on track, move up the hierarchy, and become...

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Joan Blades

Gun Safety

03/12/13

Ms. Maxwell is also a law student, political commentator, and living with death threats. Last week, she suggested teaching men not to rape as an option to arming women with guns. For this, Maxwell received a threat to slit her throat. Rape remains an obstacle to female advancement. There were about...

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