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Work and Family Responsibilities: Achieving a Balance
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Work and Family Responsibilities: Achieving a Balance




A Ford Foundation Program Paper that discusses efforts to help men and women balance responsibilities at work and at home.

Ford Foundation
1989
45 pages


Contents
Preface
The Background
Employment Shifts
Changing Roles of Men and Women
Family - Responsive Programs
Leave Times
Dependent Care
Alternative Work Schedules
Flexible Benefit Programs
The Ford Foundation's Program
Broadening the Knowledge Base
Model Employer Programs
State And Federal Government Policies
Discussion and Exchange
Notes
Appendix
Footnotes