National and International Work-Life Associations and Conferences and Training

Professional Certification in Work-Life:

AWLP – Association for Work-Life Progress www.awlp.com

 

 

 

Our project consultant:  www.summa-assoc.com

 

 

RESEARCH ON WORK-LIFE PROGRAMS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN THE WORKPLACE

 

Research: The Sloan Work/Family Researchers Electronic Network, PSU’s Center for Work and Family Research, Alfred P. Sloan Working Families area, Center for Work & Family at BC, the Families & Work Institute, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the Cornell Employment and Family Careers Inst., Berger Institute for Work, Family & Children, the Program on Gender, Work & Family at American, the UCLA Center on Everyday Lives of Families, the Chicago Parents, Children and Work Center, Work/Family Connection,  the Wellesley Center for Research on Women, Catalyst, the Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being, the Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life, the Urban Institute, the Center for Designing Work Wisely, Canadian Database on Time Pressure, Stress and Health.

W/F Activism: Third Path, the Labor Project for Working Families, the National Partnership for Women and Families, the Critical Path for isolated workers, Mothers and More for sequencing women, the Alliance for a Caring Economy, and the Carework Network.

Governmental Agencies: Administration on Children Youth and Families, and the Women’s Bureau.

Professional Organizations: Alliance of Work/Life Professionals, 9to5, the National Asssociation of Working Women, the College and University Work/Family Association, and the Work/Life Coalition of San Diego.

Union pages: AFL-CIO’s Working Families Agenda, the Australian It’s Time for a Balance Campaign, the Canadian National Child Care Campaign, or the British Working Life initiatives.

Publications: Journal of Marriage and the Family, the Journal of Family and Economic Issues, the Work and Families Newsbrief, Working Mother magazine, Xylo Reports, the National Report (U.S.) on Work & Family, and Women’s E-News.

University Park Resources, and more U.S. and international links: the Children, Youth and Families Consortium, the Prevention Research Center for Human Development.

Related links: The Council on Contemporary Families, the National Organization for WomenFamily Support America, the Child Care Action Campaign, the Children’s Defense Fund, the National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families, the National Association for Home Care, the Family Caregiver Alliance, the National Association for Sick Child Daycare, the International Association for Time Use Research, the Action Alliance for Children, Families USA, the Grandkids and Me page for connecting those groups, the Women’s Place, the Canadian National Center for Child Care Inclusion, the American Association of Retired Persons, the Shorter Working Time pages, the National Sleep Foundation, the Electronic Policy Network, the Center for Policy Alternatives, or the Living Wage Campaign.

Service Providers: Work & Family Benefits, Inc., Work/Family Directions, Inc., Dependent Care Connection, The IMPACT Group, Winning Workplaces, ShareGoals on job sharing and, relatedly, CareGuide.com.