Germany's Deutsche Telekom AG has made a daring move by introducing a quota for female managers, aiming to fill 30 percent of upper and middle management jobs with women by the end of 2015, compared with only 13 percent in 2008. The company has 15,000 manager positions worldwide. Is this a good thing

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Quota for female managers – is it a good thing?

Heated debates are going on all over the country on whether to ban text messaging and cell phone use while driving. I've really been thinking a lot about this topic after judging a high school contest and talking to a student who has formed an organization urging people to stop texting and talking in their cars ( STATIC ). I really don't think teens have the maturity to text or talk on their cell phones and drive the car

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A new report by WorkLife Law provides a detailed picture of the current state of FRD litigation, including a 400% increase in the number of cases filed and an average verdict of more than $500,000. The report also describes common fact patterns that lead to FRD claims, shows the number of FRD cases filed in each state, and provides numerous case examples.

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Family Responsibilities Discrimination Litigation Update 2010

Today the Center for WorkLife Law (WLL), in conjunction with the Center for American Progress (CAP), released a groundbreaking report on work-family conflicts across class. The Three Faces of Work-Family Conflict: The Poor, the Professionals, and the Missing Middle is the first of its kind report to comprehensively document how work-family conflict affects poor and working class people, instead of focusing exclusively on professional women “opting out” of the paid workforce

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New report from WorkLife Law and CAP on work-family conflicts across class

At a time when many children find themselves nose-to-screen with their favorite television programs, it is refreshing to see more and more kids burying their nose in a simple book instead. That is, of course, unless you got that book from Little Write Brain .

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Customizable Books For Kids

        I just read a great blog post on WorkingMother.com  by a mompreneur who survived her first year in business. I found it inspiring.           As Toyi Ward (MaxiMom) points out, hitting this 1-year milestone can be challenging. Statistics show a failure rate of new businesses in the first year range from the sensationalized 90% to a more reasonable 26%.          Ward says, “The pressure to give up my flexible schedule and autonomy for the 80-hour work week was knocking at my door

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A lot of words are being slung around as the Senate confirmation hearing on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court gets under way, but some of the most significant were first uttered nearly 400 years ago. Shakespeare’s comment, “What’s past is prologue,” is especially true with regard to the court’s first Latina candidate. One obvious allusion is to Sotomayor’s now-famous “wise Latina” remark, which resulted in Rush Limbaugh labeling her a racist.

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Sotomayor and the "Wise Latina" Vanguard

       What's taking women so long to wear black?       Ruth Bader Ginsberg has worn it well….will Judge Sonia Sotomayor  be the next to wear it?       As we begin the confirmation hearings that stand between Sotomayor and a seat near Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the high bench, it's sad to think that it took so long for a women to have this opportunity

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        It feels pretty amazing to be in control of my own destiny. I'm self employed and loving it.         I have lots of company.  A new Census report shows a big boost in the number of people who are self employed (loving it is optional!). People formed more than 1 million nonemployer businesses between 2006 and 2007, representing a growth rate of 4.5 percent

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This post was co-authored by Ripa Rashid. Among the images of Iran’s anti-government demonstrations flooding the media, none has been as potent as that of Neda , the young woman the world watched bleed to death on the streets of Tehran after being shot, it is believed, by the pro-government militia. Her death was symbolic on two fronts: it put a human face to violent repression, and conjured up the increasingly powerful presence of women in this most Muslim of nations.

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Neda and the New Iranian Woman

                                                                                  Alex Sink, CFO of Florida, the candidate vying to be Florida's first female governor wants to strategically position herself as a PTA mom. Who knew the term would carry weight

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Apparently, “balance” is now a dirty word. As in “Balance is a myth.” At first, I was inclined to dismiss this as so much sound and fury signifying nothing, but I can’t seem to let go of it. The dirtying of the word seems to me to contribute to the repulsive notion that women are something other than full-fledged human beings with the ability and the right to manage their own lives – not to mention to focus on what actually matters

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The ABA held a teleconference today about Family Responsibilities Discrimination (if you missed the program and want to order a recording, you can click here: EEO WorkLife Initiatives: Family Responsibilities Discrimination ). The program covered why FRD is such a hot issue in employment law right now, how the claims arise and how they are litigated, the recent EEOC enforcement guidance, statutes and causes of action commonly used by FRD plaintiffs, key cases, compliance and prevention, and litigation tips. Many thanks to Carolyn Lerner of Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Lerner, Simon & Salzman for moderating, to Margaret Murray of the Law Offices of Margaret E

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Joan Williams and Cynthia Calvert gave a presentation at an ALI-ABA conference last week in Boston, and a question came up about how many sizable verdicts have been awarded in Family Responsibilities Discrimination cases. Here are the stats, which come from our ever-growing database of FRD cases (now over 1,000 cases): 80 verdicts/settlements at or over $100,000 10 verdicts/settlements at or over $1,000,000 largest multiple-plaintiff award (settlement): $49 million largest single-plaintiff award (verdict): $11.65 million Of course, not every FRD case concludes with stratospheric damages.

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Verdicts in FRD Cases

When I saw the headlines about WalMart moving to flexible scheduling, I was elated to think that it might have finally decided to become a leader in the work/life arena — but only until I read the story and saw that what WalMart is actually doing is undermining any sort of work/life balance for its employees. Here’s a bit of the story, from the Wall Street Journal: [U]sing a new computerized scheduling system, [WalMart] will start moving many of its 1.3 million workers from predictable shifts to a system based on the number of customers in stores at any given time

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WalMart Even More Family-UNfriendly

It’s here! We are pleased to announce that WorkLife Law’s Guide to Family Responsibilities Discrimination has finally been published! Here’s the press release: Legal Guide to Family Responsibilities Discrimination is Published Treatise is First of its Kind in Growing Area of Employment Law SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A woman’s position is eliminated while she is on maternity leave. A father who takes time off to be with his kids is taken off important assignments

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Many women doubt there is an “opt out revolution”, and a new report by the Center for WorkLife Law proves their doubt is well-founded. The report, “Opt Out” or Pushed Out?: How the Press Covers Work/Family Conflict ” shows that press reports of women choosing to stay home have made sweeping generalizations about female workers from very limited examples of women who are not representative of female workers as a whole. Equally importantly, the report presents hard evidence that women who leave the workforce for childcare reasons are more often pushed out of their jobs by inflexible schedules and inflexible workplaces

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