Does public policy have a role to play in removing barriers between parents (mostly mothers who do most of the childcare, still, in this country) and a workplace that allows parents, or others with non-workplace obligations, to succeed both at work AND in their family life?
Rather, multilevel and interrelated sources of stress were evidenced by countless accounts of the burden of chronic disease, family obligations, workplace instability, job demands, social disadvantage and racism, to name but a few.
The funding provided by TDR linked the student with their workplace, a mutual obligation to return and to have a place to reemploy the student.
The larger issue, of course, is our apparently hypocritical approach not just to immigration, but to workplace legislation and our obligations to one another.
By now, the regulatory machinations that have allowed Massey Energy and other coal companies to shirk their legal obligations to workplace safety have been well-documented.
For years, I had continually been in a rush: cramming for tests in college, staying ahead in the workplace, and fulfilling social obligations during whatever gaps I could find.
A campus is not simply a "free speech forum but a workplace where people have contractual obligations, assigned duties, pedagogical and administrative responsibilities" (1994,129).
Give them them the empathy they deserve for possibly being a mother, father, or someone who simply has obligations outside the workplace that differ from yours.
The focus should be on tasks that will help to move you towards your long-term career-related goals while also fulfilling the short-term obligations at your workplace.
However, considering the workload of full-time cardiac sonographers, in addition to obligations outside the workplace, it may be difficult for them to find the time to participate in these programs.
