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Corporate Responsibility To Provide Work-Family Programs, Susan R. Madsen
Corporate Responsibility To Provide Work-Family Programs, Susan R. Madsen
Susan R. Madsen
Defining and determining the responsibility of business organizations to provide and assist employees with work-family programs and initiatives (e.g., employee assistance programs, parental leave extensions, childcare, elder care benefits, flextime, compressed workweek, and telecommuting) is a current critical issue that has ignited controversy during the past few decades. The author argues that work-family programs (at some level) should be a part of every company and should be strongly linked to employer benefits. To expand and implement work-family programs and services in companies today, she argues that training and educating business leaders about work-family options and benefits is the best solution. …