Employee action prompts management to respond to work-and-family needs

Article Abstract:

The demand for work-and-family programs in companies is increasing with the growth in the number of mothers who are joining the labor force. Presently, it is estimated that both spouses in 59% of all married-couple families nationwide are working. About 80% of all women with young children will be working outside the home by the end of the 20th century. The need for family-friendly work programs was underscored by the findings of a recent survey of 8,000 Portland, OR, employees. According to the study, women with children below age 18 miss more days of work than female employees without children. Weyerhaeuser Co is one firm that has recognized the need to implement work-and-family programs. Largely through the efforts of employees Mary Larson and Kim Johnson, the forest products company created a Childcare Task Force that recommended the implementation of a resource-and-referral service program and the establishment of a dependent-care spending account.

Paperboard mills, LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS, Pulp mills, Management, Social policy, Weyerhaeuser Co., Forest products industry, Work and family

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The new employee loyalty

Article Abstract:

Statistical data are analyzed to explore employees' loyalty to their firms and the loyalty of companies to their workforce. On the part of employees, data show that 10% of the workers polled changed occupations between Jan 1990 and Jan 1991. The average length of service with one employer for women was 3.8 years in 1991, while men stayed an average of 5.1 years with one company. Overall length of service fell between 1983 and 1991 for both men over 25, but not for women aged between 25 and 34. On the part of employers, data reveal that more than half of the firms surveyed reduced their workforce between Jul 1990 and Jun 1991. More than 16% of those who lost their jobs were middle managers. Downsizing was more prevalent in the wholesale and retail trading business.

Employment, Statistics, Surveys, Downsizing (Management), Employee loyalty

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