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The latest thoughts and insights from leaders in work life benefits and policies and the topics that swirl around working moms and women in the workplace.

I have survivor’s guilt as I watch talented friends lose their jobs. But I applaud the businesses that realize this is the most critical time to support working families.

I don’t know a single company in this country that hasn’t had ...

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Are we tired of the headlines yet?  Details unveiled about the steamy private life of one of the world’s greatest golfers.  Tiger Woods has strayed.  The puns abound.  His wife (we gather from press accounts) is angry.  His mother-in-law ...

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Fran Durekas is the Founder, Chief Development Officer of Children’s Creative Learning Centers

Working Mother’s 100 Best Companies recognize the importance of investing in programs to support employees’ work-life management needs including dependent ...

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Although I've been passionate and active in work-life issues for a couple of decades, the past half-dozen years or so have been a real eye opener for me regarding eldercare.

Work-life issues are complex and personal. Individuals must weigh and ...

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Working Mother Magazine is proud to recognize the 2009 Heroines in Technology.  These outstanding women will be honored at a fundraising event on November 13 hosted by Women in Technology and March of Dimes.  For more information, visit Heroines in ...

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Carol Evans is the President of Working Mother Media and an expert on work-life policy.

I was on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 last night giving expert commentary on the topic of The Old Boys Club--and whether women still have to contend with this ...

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Commentary by Dr. Hema Krishnan, associate dean of the Williams College of Business at Xavier University in Cincinnati.

As business executive Indra Nooyi raised her two daughters, she often had them spend time in her office, doing homework ...

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 Commentary from Jen Drexler, the co-founder of Just Ask a Woman.


In the 90s, the concept of a Mommy Track emerged suggesting that women who wanted to have children and remain in the workforce would likely have to accept lower pay and lesser ...

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By the author of DIVE IN, Springboard into the Productivity, Profitability and Potential of the Special Needs Workforce.

How many employees who have a disability or a child or other dependent with special needs does ...

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Commentary By Donna Klein is executive chair and president of Corporate Voices for Working Families,

When Michelle Obama attended the Read more...