Stages Newsletter from the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College

From Families and Work Institute:

• The State of Health in the American Workforce: Does Having an Effective Workplace Matter?
       
• The 2011 Guide to Bold New Ideas for Making Work "Work"
   
• The 2009 Guide to Bold New Ideas for Making Work “Work”
      
• Status Report on Workplace Flexibility 
     
• Flexibility: A Critical Ingredient in Creating an Effective Workplace
    
• Work-Life Fit and the Life Course An Interview with Phyllis Moen (Sept 2009)
     
• Read testimony from Ellen Galinsky, President of Families and Work Institute, to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee – Subcommittee on Children & Families (April 2004)

• Sloan Work and Family Research Network
    

• The Impact of the Recession on Employers
    

• Times Are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and at Home
    
  This is the first study released using data from the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce. The report reveals two striking trends about gender and generation when the study is compared to data from 1992. First, for the first time since questions about responsibility in the workplace have been asked, women and men under 29 years old did not differ in their desire for jobs with more responsibility. Second, the study demonstrates that long-term demographic changes are the driving force behind gender and generational trends at work and at home.

• 2008 National Study of Employers
     
  The 2008 National Study of Employers (NSE) introduces factors which can predict flexibility and range of benefits. Size of company, number of union members, number of hourly employees and demographics of employees are examples of factors used as predictors. Employers that are nonprofits tend to offer the widest range of benefits for managing work and personal lives. Employers with more diversity in top positions and large employers also offer more support. Large companies are more likely to provide benefits which have direct costs, like child and elder care assistance.
• 2008 Guide to Bold Ideas for Making Work "Work"
      
• Making Work "Work": New Ideas from the Winners of the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility (2007)
  
  Published in 2007, this guide highlights the successful flexibility practices of the 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Award Winners. The guide offers insightful stories and tips from managers and employees of winning companies on how companies can use flexible practices to help employees and increase their bottom line. The guide covers different forms of workplace flexibility, five new bold ideas for integrating flexibility, and tips on how to get started.
      
• Summary of Families and Work Institute Research Findings