Via the Work and Family Blog: Clearly one of the barriers when it comes to workplace flexibility is the reluctant supervisor. It’s hard enough, they say, to keep track of employees when you can see them! Who wants people coming and going at all hours of the day and “working” from home where you canContinue reading “Flexibility and the Reluctant Supervisor”
Category Archives: Paid Sick Days
CDC study shows need for paid sick days
The CDC has just released a study on the effects of a week-long H1N1-related elementary school closing on a community in semi-rural Pennsylvania. The aim of the study was to assess the disruption to households resulting from the school closing; households with students at the school were asked about childcare arrangements and activities for eachContinue reading “CDC study shows need for paid sick days”
Horses get plenty of sick days, so where’s ours? NYC workers rally for more sick days
From the New York Daily News: Dozens of city workers rallied in Central Park yesterday, demanding the City Council answer a rather unusual question: “You gave horses five weeks of vacation – Why not give humans sick days?” Why not, indeed?
Washington Work and Family Coalition 