Sue Shellenbarger writes the Work & Family articles for the Wall Street Journal.  I like Sue, not only because she writes on issues that are important to me personally, but more importantly, ’cause she once used my name and research in an article she wrote.
My parents were both very proud, and my brother was really […]

That’s what they hear from the employees.  “Pay me more - work me less“.
Owners and senior leaders think employees should be happy to have a good job. 
Human Resources knows that the truth is somewhere in the middle, but there can be no doubt that today’s employees are working longer hours than they did 25 years […]

I went to visit my dad in Cincinnati yesterday, I hadn’t seen him in a couple weeks and I don’t like that much time to come between our visits.  As I walked into Cedar Village, the retirement home he has lived in since a year after my mom died, I saw him surrounded by a […]

During a recent Congressional hearing titled, “Balancing Work and Family: What Policies Best Support America’s Families?“, a representative from California indicated that she is proposing legislation that would mandate paid medical leave, benefits for part-time workers and universal voluntary before-and-after school programs, among other things.  My friends at World at Work asked the perspective of readers […]