Does No Kids Equal No Life?
Editorial:
From Forbes.com:
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For decades, top companies have been competing to become family- and child-friendly, offering a host of benefits and flexible work options all aimed at attracting and retaining parents. But as employers promote flexible and part-time work arrangements for parents, non-parents are left working longer hours and, in many cases, picking up the slack. And there lies the rub.
New research from the Center for Work-Life Policy into Generation X, which spans ages 33 to 46, shows that 61 percent of childless Xer women and 40 percent of Xer men feel that their colleagues with children are given more latitude with flexible work arrangements.
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Source:
Forbes.com
URL:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sylviaannhewlett/2011/09/14/does-no-kids-equal-no-life/
Date:
September 14, 2011
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