Meeting the Needs of Today's Families

Workplace Flexibility 2010 of Georgetown University Law Center and the Workforce and Family Program of the New America Foundation are bringing together a panel of researchers studying the mismatch between the needs of America’s families and the way the workplace is currently structured. These experts have studied how this mismatch impacts marital well-being, child-rearing, and caregiving responsibilities, including elder care.

The briefing will also highlight how workplace flexibility benefits families and how one company is using flexibility as a key management strategy.

Participants

• Ellen Galinsky
  President and Co-Founder, Families and Work Institute
• David Gray
  Director, Workforce and Family Program
• Nina Madoo
  Director of Workplace Strategies, Marriott International
• Phyllis Moen, Ph.D
  Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair in Sociology, University of Minnesota
• Barbara Schneider, Ph.D
  John A. Hannah University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and Sociology, Michigan State University