Word: carefulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Elder care lags behind child care on the corporate agenda, but increasing numbers of companies recognize that Grandpa can sometimes create more trouble than Junior. IBM learned in an employee survey last year that 30% of its workers help take care of elderly relatives. So starting last February, the computer company began operating the first nationwide elder-care referral service for its 237,000 employees and 33,000 retirees. In the first month alone, more than 4,000 employees called for help. Bobby Sloan, 55, an IBM equipment designer in San Jose, Calif., used the service to arrange medical care...
...Cambridge, Mass., the Stride Rite company is building an "intergenerational center" near its headquarters to provide day care for up to 60 children and 30 elderly relatives of its employees. Stride Rite chairman Arnold Hiatt believes the center, scheduled to open in 1991, will have advantages over facilities that cater strictly to children or the elderly. Since the two groups will share some activities, both are expected to get more out of the experience...
Traditionally, giving birth has been the common reason for taking a family leave. More than half of U.S. firms offer some form of maternity leave. But a growing number of companies are broadening the policy to give fathers parental leave or to let workers have time off to care for sick children or parents. Southern New England Telephone guarantees the employee's job for up to six months of unpaid parental leave. Mike Liquori, 34, a customer-service representative, took a four-month leave starting last October to care for his infant son Luke after his wife's maternity leave...
...vest, yet has brought a sense of direction and hope to a wayward campaign. Though outwardly very different, Dukakis and Sasso share a sense of discipline and a respect for what works. Sasso is imparting both to the campaign. He is tightening the organization with the same meticulous care he uses to arrange the notes and message slips that pile up on his desk...
Since the new "sandwich generation" of workers must often care for both children and parents, companies can no longer ignore workers' personal needs. A special report examines how firms are responding, from building a day- care center at the office for Junior to providing help in finding the right nursing home for Grandma. The result: higher employee morale and productivity...