National Work & Family Month is a national education campaign led by AWLP, an affiliate of WorldatWork, to raise awareness among employers about the value of work-life effectiveness as a business imperative. The month of October was first designated as National Work & Family Month by a Resolution of the United States Senate in 2003.
AWLP encourages all workplaces to pause once a year during the month of October to communicate and celebrate the progress to creating healthier and more flexible work environments. This year, employees are encouraged to strike a balance by talking to their managers about a flexible work arrangement. Use October as a time to try telework, condense a workweek, join a wellness program or organize a workplace volunteer activity.
October is National Work and Family Month in the United States. HR pros are encouraged to post comments sharing their experiences with work-life programs on the WorldatWork Online Community. |
Highlights of the 2011 National Work and Family Month campaign:
BLOGFEST. The NWFM blogfest has become the cornerstone of this awareness campaign. We had a particularly diverse group of bloggers this year, and they have written stories that have been published on Huffington Post's Business, Parents, Women, Healthy Living, Technology, College, and Home pages, reaching a large and diverse cross-section of the site's 30 million monthly readers. Hundreds of people have shared these stories on Facebook, Twitter and smaller blogs, igniting a mainstream conversation about work and family. Several blogs were repurposed for BlogHer and WorldatWork Post.
MEDIA HITS. The following media outlets mentioned National Work and Family Month:
SENATE RESOLUTION. WorldatWork hosted a Congressional briefing on October 18. On October 19, the United States Senate unanimously approved Senate Resolution 299 reaffirming October as "National Work and Family Month.” Read more.
FLOOR SPEECHES. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) gave a great floor speech. Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), and Todd Platts (R-PA) submitted statements for the record.
Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz’s Floor Speech
Congresswoman McCarthy’s Statement for the Record
WIKIPEDIA. National Work and Family Month is now recognized by Wikipedia demonstrating a widening level of awareness and acceptance.
RAFFLE. The following individuals won a Work-Life Training Kit* courtesy of WorldatWork:
- Kristin Maschka, California
- Kate Mulcahy, Illinois
- Diane Melugin, Texas
*The Work-Life Training Kit includes more than $1,900 worth of resources:
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