The Families and Work Institute released survey results this year that blew my mind.
According to the Families and Work Institute, most families require it an average of four times a year.
In fact, according to the New York-based Families and Work Institute, men now report even higher levels of work-family conflict than women do.
The reality is that top executives travel constantly, miss their families and work around the clock on a schedule that is not of their own making.
Last week, the Society for Human Resource Management and the Families and Work Institute held a conference on the topic in Chicago.
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"You don't want one person to bear an inordinate part of the more stressful household tasks, because that's going to come back and bite you, " says Rosalind Barnett, executive director of the Communities, Families and Work Program at Brandeis University.
While more companies are allowing employees to work when and where they want to, they increasingly are limiting people's ability to take a leave or work part-time, the Families and Work Institute found in its 2012 National Study of Employers.
For them, the connection between delaying parenthood and career success is stronger than it is for men: A 2008 study by the Families and Work Institute found that, among senior executives at ten major U.S. companies, female executives were nearly three times more likely than male executives to delay parenthood (35% vs. 12%).
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The 2012 National Study of Employers conducted by Families and Work Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) painted a less bleak picture related to employers providing information about eldercare services (41% of employers said they did), and time off for employees to provide care without jeopardizing their jobs (75% of employers said they offered it).
And across the board, we are looking at -- think about energy policy -- not about what is the role of the Department of Energy, what is the role of EPA, but how are we going to across the board use our existing authorities to bring solutions to American families and work with the Congress to find some additional bipartisan solutions.
Inspectors also shadow social workers in their work with children and their families, and see how different agencies work together to protect children.
"The decision to close the organisation for a week and save on salary in order to protect services was accepted voluntarily by the people who work in Barnardos, who are totally committed to the children and families we work with, " he added.
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When the other party has been willing to work with me to help middle-class families and working families, I love to work with them.
"Our first priority is the children and families we work with, " said Fergus Finlay, Barnardos chief executive.
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Obama called on school staff, families and communities to work together to reach an ambitious goal of engaging 50, 000 schools in this program over the next five years.
Individuals with special needs and their families can work with a qualified special needs attorney to ensure their access to benefits and services are maintained.
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They and their families are going through hell as they too try to work, raise families, and live some semblance of a normal life while continuing to experience the aftermath of their combat experiences.
Patrick, my message to their parents and their families is this: My work and that of my government, with your work and your government, is aimed at ensuring that these children -- Ireland's children -- can live and work at home if that is their intention and their desire.
And because many in the hospitality business spend the holidays away from their own families to be at work and share in a collective resentment of the season.
Third, it helps out-of-work Americans by extending unemployment benefits to help them support their families while looking for work and reforming the system with training programs that build real skills, connect to real jobs and help the long-term unemployed.
This law is important because it reflects the values of our nation, it rewards good parenting and families, and it recognizes that not all work is done in the marketplace.
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But as we all know, keeping faith with our veterans and their families is work that is never truly finished.
Thank you, Holly, for your kind introduction and for your support of our Air Force families and for all the work that you've done to put together this luncheon, as well as the entire committee.
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Although the income earned is shared between the families who still live and work on the grounds, the modern creature comforts at these resorts are a world away from the humble back-breaking beginnings of the early kibbutz.
"We believe that reopening our doors and putting our friends and families back to work as quickly as possible is an important step on the road to recovery, " the leaders of Gold Strike Casino and Resort said in a statement.
Voters age 18-29 were those most likely to move away from Mr. Obama between 2008 and 2012, and Republican identification generally increases as people graduate college, start work and begin families.
We continue to measure our success by the progress our children make toward their goals throughout each year they are with us and also, by whether our families believe the work we are doing with them and their children is helping everyone progress toward a better life.
The job of contextualizing and bridging the schism between military and civilian understanding has been the dedicated work of Blue Star Families and its highly accomplished and passionate CEO, Kathy Roth-Douquet, since 2008.
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Third, the American Jobs Act of 2011 helps out-of-work Americans by extending unemployment benefits to help them support their families while looking for work, and by reforming the system with training programs that build real skills, connect to real jobs, and help the long-term unemployed.
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