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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)
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1970’s Employers Confronted with Child Care
1970’sEmployers Confronted with Child Care World Events Work & Family Developments • 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)
1980’s “Work & Family” Spawns an Industry
1980’s“Work & Family” Spawns an Industry World Events Work & Family Developments • 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)
1990’s Work-Life Becomes Competitive Advantage
1990’sWork-Life Becomes Competitive Advantage World Events Work & Family Developments • 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 Newsbriefand 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)
2000’s Expansion of the Work-Life Lens
2000’sExpansion of the Work-Life Lens World Events Work & Family Developments • 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