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As our economy continues to rebound, it is more important than ever that the basic needs of all caregivers are met. [Pulcherie Bekono, Morgan Welch, and Hannah Van Drie – Brookings, 13 [...]

In an era where women are projected to make up 60% of the workforce in the next five years, employers can leverage existing technology to provide fully managed child care benefits, giving their [...]

The coronavirus pandemic and the significant financial insecurity facing many women and their families are not. Both, who were already treading water before the pandemic, are bearing the brunt of [...]

While women were more likely to lose these same jobs early in the COVID pandemic, these statistics demonstrate how the gender pay gap worsens with increases in part-time and casual jobs. The [...]

Work and life are often thought of as a zero-sum of hours in conflict but work-life balance also depends on investment in care and men’s full participation in the home. [Frances McGinnity – [...]

New York’s paid family leave policy, which took effect in January 2018 and is funded by an employee payroll tax, does not seem to hurt employers. It seems to improve their ease of managing worker [...]

Teleworking has the potential to support work-life balance and should be a means of promoting gender equality. For this, the burden of the unpaid care and domestic work performed by women must be [...]

The rise of “work-focused” value sets and life courses means that achieving work-family balance isn’t just about employment norms adjusting to the growing complexity of individual aspirations; it [...]

Babies and young children in disadvantaged families have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 due to compounding factors like overcrowded housing with lack of outdoor space, the impact of [...]

Despite overall convergence between men and women in labour market participation rates, women still fare worse than men, with no visible improvement on the gender gap in the last 15 years. And [...]