Yale Law Women measured and prodded and ranked large law firms, and issued a “Top Ten” list of family friendly firms. The main message isn’t startling: job seekers today look at employers’ work/life bona fides when making career decisions, and savvy employers are beefing up their work/life offerings in an effort to attract, retain, and advance
Flexible work arrangements are often ad hoc, either implemented by an employee on his or her own with no agreement by the employer, or produced by a secret deal between an employee and supervisor. This can create problems for the employer: valued employees who need more work/life control and do not know that flexible work
Getting and keeping the best male employees requires not only providing flexibility but also supporting it, a new study by the Working Mother Research Institute says. Most men surveyed are working flexibly (77%), and most said their employers encourage flexible work (62%). The 1000 men surveyed were mostly white, college-educated, breadwinners who were dads, but
“There is a world of difference between caregiving and workplace flexibility,” Joan Williams, brilliant thinker and founder of the Center for WorkLife Law, told the EEOC last week. Her discussion focused on the very common misconception that family responsibilities discrimination is about alternative work schedules – a mistake so common that even Judge Preska of