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"Suppose you want to design the best company on earth to work for. What would it be like? For three years we've been investigating this question by asking hundreds of executives in surveys and in seminars all over the world to describe their ideal organization."

Several articles offer a look at the gender wage gap in the US.

The number of people 45 and older who have been jobless for more than a year has quadrupled since 2007, accounting for nearly half of the 3.5 million Americans out of work for more than a year, according to the US ­Department of Labor.

As head of the Workforce Educational Organization's academic advisory committee, Susan Lambert is helping to shape its professional certification on scheduling and other workforce management matters to take into account employer and employee views.

Susan Lambert is a member of the WFRN Executive Committee.

"The Yahoo no-work-from-home brouhaha had working moms up in arms last week. Professional women with children had been dealt a blow, they said. Oh, and as one writer reminded us, it's an issue for working dads, too.
Okay, but what about all the single people? And all the people without kids? We need to stop acting like they're not part of the work-life conversation."

"Are there employees at Yahoo whose work is best completed at a physical office on a traditional nine-to-five schedule? I'm sure there are. Is this the best work structure for all 14,000 of their employees? Certainly not. The one thing that is abundantly clear is that there is no one-size-fits-all-solution. Some jobs are suited to the traditional nine-to-five, in-office structure; others are not. The companies that succeed in the 21st century will be those that provide good management and find innovative solutions that work for every employee."

Should every employee be required to have a B.A.?  What does this say to other young people who either cannot nor do not reach this milestone?  Plus what about embracing differences.

Corporations have a social—and fiduciary—responsibility to develop and provide products and services for older people

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