WOMEN & WORKING MOTHERS
more women are employed now than ever before. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), women made up 45 percent of the workforce in 1998. By 2008, that number had increased to 48 percent. 61% of the proportion of mothers with a recent birth who were in the labor force increased from 57 percent in 2006 to 61 percent in 2008.
Best Places to Live for Working Mothers
If you are a mother who struggles to
balance work and family at the same time, you’re not alone. Two out of three women with husband and children, and three out of four single mothers who manage every- thing on their own, have jobs. Certainly, it can never be easy to manage a full life both inside and outside the home. Still, there
are some states that you could
choose to live in that would make life a lot more manageable to any mother. These are states with better paying jobs, quality childcare and better vacation policies. We are looking for states that are the best places to live for a working mother that offer a smaller gap in wages between men and women, that offer lower rates of un- employment, and that offer the best kinds of tax credits for expenses you make to- wards your child. Let’s go over four of the best places to live in the country for wom- en who work. California has exceptional facilities for
the working mother. The state law re- quires that any worker in the state gets a month and a half of paid leave to take care of her newborn child and bond. This is pretty rare if you think about it. New Jer- sey is the only other state that has any- thing near this level of freedom extended to working mothers. Women who work are far better compensated in California than elsewhere - the state has the narrow- est wage gap anywhere in the country. Of course, the laws that make these possible aren’t perfect ones. The law doesn’t really require inspections of childcare centers
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egardless of whether a woman choos- es to work out of necessity or desire,
more often than once a year. You probably want to find a childcare center that is in- spected at least four or five times a year. Going over to the East Coast, you’d never guess it, but DC ranks among the top places to work in for women. DC boasts of some of the best jobs for women that there are. More than half of all mana- gerial and professional positions in DC are held by women. Even better, there is almost no wage gap that these women ex- perience. If they decide to have a child, the women employees in DC can get paid maternity leave that the city pays for. The city pays for it through its temporary dis- ability insurance program. San Francisco is the only other city in the entire country that does this. And once a child begins go- ing to school, the laws dealing with safety for children are some of the best in the country. And finally, Florida proves itself to be
one of the best places to live for working mothers. And it’s not just because it has year-round sunshine. Mothers working in Florida have great access to child care and lots of vacant spots in every child-related institution. The state also requires that all childcare centers be overseen by the law several times a year. That’s a pretty rare thing. A disappointing part of life in Flor- ida though has to do with how only one in
CELEBRATING 11 YEARS OF DIVERSITY
three women have high-paid professional jobs; and they make only three-fourths what the men to.
Great Careers and Companies for Women and Mothers Good jobs include: medical
worker, rehabilitation
social trainer, medical
coder, athletic trainer, and many other non-clinical jobs in healthcare. Some of the good companies single mothers can work with are: IMB, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Bayer and many more.
Top 50 Companies for Executive Women
The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) recently reveled the Top 50 Companies for Executive Women. Listed below are the top ten companies to review the entire list, please visit, www.
nafe.org. These Top Companies, an
annual
benchmark for Corporate America, recog- nizes companies whose policies and prac- tices encourage women’s advancement and whose representation of women at the highest levels of leadership demonstrates that commitment.
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