Workplace Lactation Toolkit with instructions, tips and template materials (in English and Spanish) for employers and employees. Includes recommendations for employers on how to support employees with breastfed babies, guides for working mothers who breastfeed, and other resources. Entire toolkit included. February 2009.
Publications and Toolkits
Work and Family Balance
Workplace Lactation Toolkit Employer Guide
An employer guide to supporting employees with breastfed babies, including business benefits and practical steps to start your program. February 2009.
Workplace Flexibility Recommendations (June 2009)
These are the recommendations submitted by Corporate Voices to the Senate Staff Working Group on Workplace Flexibility in June 2009.
Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers (May 2009)
This study examines the benefits of workplace flexibility for hourly workers and employers. The data for this comprehensive report highlights best practices for implementing innovative flexibility programs. Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers was researched and written by WFD Consulting and was supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Executive Summary: Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers (May 2009)
Exectutive Summary of the comprehensive Corporate Voices study on workplace flexibility options for hourly workers.
Dependent Care Assistance Programs: Employee Guide (October 2008)
Corporate Voices for Working Families and The American Business Collaboration released a booklet help working families pay for the high cost of child and dependent care. DCAPs let employees set aside part of their salary each pay period to pay for the care they need for their children or other dependents, in order for them to work.
Dependent Care Assistance Programs: Employer Guide (October 2008)
Corporate Voices for Working Families and The American Business Collaboration released an employer guide to help businesses understand the and promote the use of Dependent Care Assistance Programs (DCAPs).
It provides information on the best practices in DCAP design and administration and offers tips and suggestions for making participation in a plan as simple and foolproof as possible.
Flexible Work Strategies: Attitudes & Experiences (March 2008)
The goal of this research was to gain insight into the views of senior-level executives regarding why flexible work strategies are used and what kind of an effect they can have on companies’ productivity. This is the executive summary only.
The Real Talent Debate: Will Aging Boomers Deplete the Workforce (December 2006)
This report assess the overall degree to which respondents considered the pending retirement of “baby boomer” employees, and reduced employee availability in succeeding generations, to be a significant issue.
Workplace Flexibility for Lower Wage Workers (October 2006)
Research shows that, for a variety of reasons, lower wage workers generally have less access to voluntary flexibility than higher wage workers. But when it is available to them, flexibility can have equal or even more powerful outcomes for the lower wage population.
Related News and Events
Initiatives Echo Key Theme in the State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 27, 2010) – Amidst the continuing economic downturn and increasing unease about the lingering high levels of national unemployment, President Obama is expected this evening to announce key investments for working families in his State of the Union Address.Bookmark/Search this post with:WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 18, 2009) — Corporate Voices for Working Families and Working Mother Media will present U.S. Senators and members of the U.S. House of Representatives with the Best of Congress award, recognizing their leadership in improving the quality of life for working families by partnering with business to create long-term solutions to work-life issues. Winners will be profiled in the August/September 2010 issue of Working Mother Magazine.
Bookmark/Search this post with:Washington (May 7, 2009) – Workplace flexibility initiatives for hourly employees are as successful as those designed for professional staff. And businesses that offer hourly employees flexible work options find that they are critical management tools that enhance recruitment, retention, engagement, cost control, productivity and financial performance.
Bookmark/Search this post with:Washington, DC (May 7, 2009) — Corporate Voices for Working Families (CVWF) and the American Business Collaboration (ABC) support legislation introduced today that, if passed, would make child care more affordable to working families.
Representatives John Yarmuth (D-KY), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) introduced H.R. 2298 to amend the Internal Revenue Code to increase dependent care flexible spending account (DCFSA) limits.
Bookmark/Search this post with:February 9, 2009
Washington, DC – Corporate Voices for Working Families announced today that it has launched an initiative to help solve a problem facing many working mothers, especially those in hourly and lower-wage positions – the need for breastfeeding support in the workplace. In partnership with Abbott Nutrition, Working Mother Media and a select group of companies, this new program aims to give employers the information and tools they need to reach hourly and lower-wage workers and help establish workplace lactation programs.
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