Articles for September 2007 Working Fathers Seek Flexibility - According to a recent poll, working fathers are feeling the strain of balancing their jobs and their family responsibilities.
Working Fathers Seek Flexibility According to a recent poll, working fathers are feeling the strain of balancing their jobs and their family responsibilities. Monster Inc., an Internet career site and ASA corporate partner, found that 68% of dads surveyed would prefer to stay at home if money was not an issue. Yet many working fathers stay on the job even though the Family and Medical Leave Act requires many employers to give their employees unpaid leave for reasons such as the care of a newborn or newly adopted child. Among working fathers polled by another ASA member company, 59% would not take paternity leave for various reasons: 46% of those said they were unable to afford paternity leave, 31% feared it would harm their careers, and 28% claimed they were too busy at work. Yet 72% of dads polled named the ability to work flexible hours as one of the most appealing benefits offered by employers. Source: Lindsay Estes, American Staffing Association - Back to Top -
Women Reaching New Employment Heights According to the U.S. Department of Labor, a record 67 million women, representing 46 percent of the total U.S. labor force, were employed in 2006 with the largest percentage (38 percent) in management, professional and related occupations. Women represent 51 percent of all workers in these high-paying occupations and are also projected to account for 51 percent of the increase in the total labor force between 2004 and 2014. Source: U.S. Department of Labor - Back to Top -
States Focus on Immigration Reform As the national debate on health care reform takes center stage, state legislatures appear to be moving more cautiously because of high price tags, implementation issues, and legal challenges. Many state legislators have spent more time this year focusing on another hot topic—immigration reform. State legislators began to tackle health care reform in 2005, when many states introduced so-called "pay or play" legislation requiring employers to provide their employees with health insurance or pay a tax to the state. In 2006, more than 30 states introduced health care reform legislation. Massachusetts and Vermont introduced sweeping universal coverage plans. Analysts expected that even more states would introduce reform proposals this year, but the momentum seems to have slowed. One reason may be that courts have decided that the state laws are pre-empted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. In January, a federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that the so-called "Wal-Mart law" in Maryland, which required large employers to pay into a state fund unless they paid 8% of their payroll for health coverage, was pre-empted by Erisa. Earlier this month, a federal court overturned the Suffolk County, New York, health care mandate on essentially the same Erisa grounds. So far this year, only 16 states have introduced health care reform legislation, and none of those bills appear to be on a fast track for passage. Many state legislators appear to be focusing their energy on immigration reform. So far this year, state legislatures in all 50 states have introduced more than 1,200 bills and resolutions related to immigration, more than twice the number of immigration bills introduced in 2006. Of the bills introduced this year, nearly 20% deal with employment issues, such as prohibiting the employment of unauthorized workers and requiring employers to verify work authorization through the federal Basic Pilot Employee Verification Program. Toby Malara, American Staffing Association - Back to Top -
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