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One way to tackle sexual harassment at work: better parental leave | Katie Bethell
Keywords: Family Leave, Maternal Leave,
Women do twice as much of the caregiving for elderly parents and small children as men. About 41% of mothers say this makes it harder for them as working parents. About 20% of the female workforce in U.S. is giving elderly care. This adds up to more stress, decreased working hours, decreased income, needing leave of absence, and missing promotions or training. Only 14% of working people in the U.S. have even one day of paid leave to care for a new baby or seriously sick family member- a startling statistic for America, showing lack of family friendly policies at most companies.
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Hurting economic growth and productivity in America- the lack of paid leave for women
07/28/2014
Women earn 59% of higher education degrees in America, by one estimate. Their contribution to science and technological progress would be higher with paid leave for maternity and other reasons. Participation of women in the workforce is being addressed in Japan and Germany, with calls for better child cares facilities and family friendly workplace policies. Strangely one hears less of this in the U.S. even at a time when participation in the workforce for women is declining along with an overall drop in the labor force participation rate.
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The shocking number of new moms who return to work two weeks after childbirth - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/20/2015
Wall Street Journal 09/29/2015
How lack of family friendly maternity leave and paid leave hurts women in business and the workforce in America
07/28/2014
The U.S. is the only country of western developed nations that has no national paid maternity leave. California has introduced paid maternity leave. As a result only 59% of American women enjoy paid maternity leave, according to one estimate. The result is lower labor force participation in the U.S. for women, hurting economic growth, hurting the contribution women can make to business and other sectors of the economy, and to science and technological progress. Claire Cain Miller points this out in this exceptional report in the NYT.
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Paid Leave Encourages Female Employees to Stay
New York Times 07/28/2014
Engage Girls With Tech Education, Leadership Early, Women CIOs Say
Wall Street Journal 12/04/2014
Paid Maternity Leave Is Good for Business
Wall Street Journal 12/19/2014
Can the U.S. Ever Fix Its Messed-Up Maternity Leave System
BusinessWeek 01/18/2015
The Global Flight From the Family
Wall Street Journal 02/22/2015
Would You Rather Be a New Mom in the U.S. or Germany?
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
U.S. women and work following pregnancies and childbirth- maternal leave, paternal leave and careers
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The Not-So-New Mother, Finding Balance
New York Times 07/05/2014
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New York Times 04/07/2015
The Quandary of a Stay-at-Home Feminist
Wall Street Journal 05/01/2015
New Momentum on Paid Leave, in Business and Politics
New York Times 06/22/2015
The U.S. and Germany's approach to maternity leave and new moms
03/10/2015
The lack of adequate maternity leave in the U.S. and the approach Germany takes to maternity leave, discussed by a new German mom living in the U.S. as an expatriate.
Grouped Articles
Would You Rather Be a New Mom in the U.S. or Germany?
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Netflix’s Unlimited Parental Leave Is a Surprising Gift for Workers
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2015
The shocking number of new moms who return to work two weeks after childbirth - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/20/2015
Wall Street Journal 09/29/2015
'Where did you go, Ivanka?' How the first daughter's family leave plan fizzled
The Guardian 12/05/2017
One way to tackle sexual harassment at work: better parental leave | Katie Bethell
The Guardian 12/12/2017
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