Work and Family Policies for a Changing Work Force (1991) / Chapter Skim
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The proportion of households headed by a single adult, usually the mother, has also increased sharply almost a quarter of all workers who maintain families. Although social institutions are gradually adapting to the new work force configuration, the process is slow and there is little consensus about how the burden of adaptation should be shared.
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The loss of health insurance protection increases the likelihood that family members will not receive necessary health services and exposes families to the threat of financial ruin. Over 30 million people in this country have no health insurance, including 12 million children, most of whom live in families with an employed adult.
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Our conclusions suggest general directions and broad outlines for policies and programs, but, in the absence of clear evidence pointing toward preferred options, the panel does not make recommendations on specific public policies or implementation mechanisms. CONCLUSIONS The panel's conclusions are based on the assumptions that family issues are a legitimate employer responsibility, but that the burden of adaptation should not rest exclusively with employers.
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gather and disseminate information about the availability and quality of family services, provide services or supports when they are not available elsewhere, and offer indirect support for services through flexible benefit systems, thus increasing employee choices The panel draws the following 1 . conclusions: As far as economic conditions permit, employers and unions are encouraged to support the development and expansion of resource and referral programs, employee assistance programs, and various types of direct and indirect assistance for the care of children and elderly and disabled family members.
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We therefore urge collection and analysis of additional data only when they are necessary for formulating policies and when they are most likely to be cost-effective. The panel concludes that priority should be given to two areas: Augment data collection efforts at both the individual and the firm level, including institutionalizing the national longitudinal data collection efforts that have made possible a great deal of useful research on important issues, as well as developing better measures of time use, benefits, and working conditions and expanding the collection of establishment-level data.
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In summary, this study offers an ambitious agenda for employers and suggests the need for additional public policies. We note, however, that some employers, particularly large firms, are already doing more than what is suggested in this report.
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