Month: January 2014

The Shriver Report | A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything

The third Shriver Report was just released by A Woman’s Nation and the Center for American Progress on January 7, 2014.  According to Ellen Bravo, our partner at Family Values @ Work, “What the Shriver Report makes clear is that both women and men are breadwinners and caregivers – and they need policies that allow them to succeed at both. Otherwise millions of families are just one illness or birth away from economic peril.”

Just Released! Oregon Equal Pay Report

In April 2013 we visited the Oregon state legislature to advocate (successfully) for SB 744, the bill that triggered a state report on the wage gap. We co-authored this Guest Opinion piece in The Oregonian about it. And in June 2013 we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the federal Equal Pay Act, a period during which some progress has been made toward pay parity, but not nearly enough.

So we are quite pleased that the Oregon Council on Civil Rights’ report on understanding and eliminating our state’s wage gap was released on January 27th in Eugene with Senator Chris Edwards, the bill’s chief sponsor, and Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian, who will move the report recommendations forward with legislative partners.

Great Ideas @ Work | Newsletter for Employers | Winter 2014

Welcome to our first quarterly Great Ideas @ Work newsletter!  We hope you’ll enjoy this easy way to stay-up-to date on all things family-friendly at work.  Please share widely with your colleagues, friends, and anyone else interested in effective, flexible workplaces.

Here’s what you’ll discover in the inaugural Winter 2014 edition of our Great Ideas @ Work newsletter: