Christine Michel Carter Data suggests that the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is simply not covering the majority of U.S. workers. The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. Right now, the FMLA does not cover employees in the private sector whose companies have less than […]Read More
By David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson As we plan the return to the workplace and think about what work might look like after the shutdown, leaders must remember gender equality and representation. The lockdown offers a unique opportunity to supercharge progress on gender equity by deliberately reworking policies and practices to usher in a new chapter […]Read More
By Carrie Kerpen For years, working parents have discussed and debated bringing our “whole self” to work, or meshing our professional identity with our personal one. Should we try to hide our pregnancies until the third trimester? Should we talk about our children at work? Should we ask for accommodations when we need to go […]Read More
As virtual graduation ceremonies occur across the country and many schools near closing for summer break, there in lies a stark reality of the millions of children who have not access to computers, WiFi or internet services during this coronavirus pandemic, as remote or distance learning continues to escalate, thereby causing what is known as […]Read More
By Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj With schools closed in 162 countries, 70% of children worldwide are affected by disruptions to their education in mid-May. For parents, part of the ‘new normal’ means juggling working from home alongside providing education support for their children. BCG surveyed 3055 working parents in five countries; UK, USA, France, Germany, and Italy. As a […]Read More
Amidst widespread stay at home orders, working parents everywhere are in dire need of some uninterrupted time to take conference calls, pay bills, do the dishes or connect with their spouse. In response to the demand, one female-led company began offering virtual sitting. This tool allows parents to hire a professional to engage with children […]Read More
By Beth Castle As working from home has quickly become the new normal for office workers because of coronavirus, so too has the onslaught of advice about how to best work remotely: tips for staying productive and maintaining some form of normalcy; advice on managing your team during a pandemic. These are all topics we, meaning […]Read More
By Emily Zuckerman A friend has four children, the youngest an infant. She is doing her paid work in the middle of the night but doesn’t want her colleagues to know. Another woman I know is caring for her elderly and immuno-compromised mother, doing her mother’s shopping and picking up medications, in addition to caring […]Read More
by Liz O’Donnell Amy Carrier is a foundation director with a long-distance spouse and a 74-year old mother, who has Alzheimer’s and lives with her. Even on a normal day, her life is complicated. Amy employs two private-pay caregivers to assist her mother while she is at work, managing a team of ten at the Oregon […]Read More
Balancing Personal and Professional Life During the Pandemic The ongoing struggle for many in the lives of professionals for the last month, as the pandemic continues to uproot what used to be a normal emotional and physical separation between the workplace and home, is how to balance the needs of professional life and those of […]Read More
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