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Google’s formula to retain women: Longer maternity leave

From Life Inc. on Today Many employers end up scratching their heads when women who are seemingly on the fast track to the corner office end up leaving their companies. Google managers decided to use their expertise deciphering data to figure out why it was happening within their ranks. A story in the New York Times titledContinue reading “Google’s formula to retain women: Longer maternity leave”

NYT: Working While Sick

From the New York Times: More than 40 million American workers get no paid sick leave. They have to work when ill or take unpaid sick days, which can lead to financial hardship, or, worse, dismissal. The best way to address this workplace and public health problem is with a national law requiring businesses toContinue reading “NYT: Working While Sick”

Paid sick days on MomsRising Radio with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

This week, “MomsRising Radio with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner” tackles paid sick days – actually, the lack thereof – with: guests Seattle restauranteur and chef Makini Howell; Marianne Bullock, a mom who was fired when her daughter got sick; Seattle City Council-member Nick Licata; and Adriana Kugler, chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor. Get theContinue reading “Paid sick days on MomsRising Radio with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner”