Download - A Better Future for Working Parents: A playbook for leaders and organizations
A playbook with advice and actionable strategies for making workplaces work for working parents and other caregivers.
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New school year, new concerns for working parents
Economist Emily Oster on back to school concerns; and the latest on masking, vaccine mandates, and return to workplace timing.
Interview
Emily Oster on the new school year, and new concerns for working parents
The Brown University economist says she's not certain this coming year is going to be more manageable for working parents, as Delta accelerates infections.
Exiting ‘scarcity mode,’ new diversity research, whither rush hour
Plus tips for commemorating Juneteenth, recruiting, and making connections with colleagues.
Interview
What we can learn from working parents that applies to the return to the workplace
Lauren Brody, author of The Fifth Trimester, sees parallels between the return after a parental leave and what so many workers are now on the cusp of.
‘Cranky about Mother’s Day,’ new job perks, trusted professions
The fallout of this pandemic year for working mothers, and how best to support them as many organizations transition back to the workplace.
Interview
Why companies can best help working mothers by helping all caregivers
Brigid Schulte, director of the Better Life Lab at New America, on how myths about working mothers are garbage.
Interview
Why we're at an inflection point for working mothers
Katherine Goldstein, a journalist who created and hosts The Double Shift podcast, on the need for a radical overhaul in how we think about care work done by mothers.
Reset: Working parents, pay cuts, Covid baby bust
What companies are doing to navigate remote work, to reopen safely, and to reset their practices for the long-run.
How to help working parents survive this wave of the pandemic
The research of sociologist Jessica Calarco provides insights into what is meaningful for working parents now.
