work-life highlights by decade
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Work-Life Highlights by Decade. 1970’s Employers Confronted with Child Care. August 1970. December 1970. March 1972. June 1975. September 1975. January 1976. October 1977. 1970’s Employers Confronted with Child Care. World Events. Work & Family Developments. Watergate break-in (1972) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Work-Life Highlights by Decade
1970’s
Employers Confronted
with Child Care
August 1970
December 1970
March 1972
June 1975
September 1975
January 1976
October 1977
1970’SEMPLOYERS CONFRONTED WITH CHILD CARE
• Watergate break-in (1972)• Intel invents single chip
processor• Federal Express founded
(1973)• OPEC oil crisis (1973)• US forces leave Vietnam
(1973)• President Nixon resigns
(1974)
• Employee Assistance Programs• White House Conference on
Children (1970)• Federal agencies experiment
with flexible work arrangements
• ERISA becomes law (1974)• Kanter publishes Work & Family
in the United States (1977)• Pregnancy Discrimination Act
(1978)• Aspen Institute Seminar; K.
Christensen introduces concepts of women, work & family (1978)
World Events Work & Family Developments
1980’s
“Work & Family” Spawns an
Industry
February 1982
May 1982
January 1983
May 1983
June 1983
June 1984
July 1984
May 1986
June 1987
December 1989
1980’S “WORK & FAMILY” SPAWNS AN INDUSTRY
• Decade punctuated by mergers and acquisitions
• AIDS is given a name (1981)
• Sandra Day O’Connor named to the Supreme Court (1981)
• Challenger Space Shuttle explodes (1986)
• Berlin Wall comes down (1989)
• Bill to amend FLSA vetoed by President Reagan (1989)
• Fatherhood Project (James Levine, 1981)
• CB Work-Family Research Council established (1983)
• Work/Family Directions (Rodgers, 1983)
• Working Mother Magazine “Best Companies for Mothers” award (1985)
• First Catalyst award conferred (1986)
• Families and Work Institute (1989)
World Events Work & Family Developments
1990’s
Work-Life Becomes Competitive Advantage
July 1990
October 1990
December 1990
April 1991
June 1993
September 1993
November 1993
July 1994
September 1996
March 1997
September 1999
1990’SWORK-LIFE BECOMES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
• Decade punctuated by downsizing, delayering, and reengineering
• Dot-coms proliferate• Bull market: economy soars• Americans with Disabilities
Act (1990)• Clean Air Act (1990)• Operation Desert Storm
(1991)• O.J. Simpson arrested
(1994)
• Center for Work & Family founded at BU (now at BC) 1990
• Susan Seitel launches Work and Family Newsbrief and Trend Report (1990)
• “Tenure stop clock”• Shellenbargers’s WSJ column
begins (1991)• FWI launches National Study of
the Changing Workforce• FMLA passes (1993) • Alliance for WL Progress
(1996)
World Events Work & Family Developments
2000’s
Expansion of the Work-Life Lens
October 2004
December 2006
2006
June 2007
2000’SEXPANSION OF THE WORK-LIFE LENS
• Terrorism emerges as a global threat
• Global recession and other challenges
• Collapse of the dot-coms• Labor force participation
of married women with children under 18 = 70.1%; children under 6 = 61.8%
• Generational diversity• Stress and overwork rise • Technology: 24X7
connectivity• Shift to culture change
management• Social/public policy focus
– Corporate Voices (2000)• Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Award (2000)• New focus on men
World Events Work & Family Developments
2010
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
October 2010