Posts published by Steven Greenhouse
Labor Puts Executive Pay in the Spotlight
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEThe A.F.L.-C.I.O. has put up a Web site highlighting a resurgence in compensation at the top, hoping to press corporate boards to share the wealth with its members.
Workplace Flexibility: Less Than Meets the Eye?
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEIs the accounting firm a model for work-life balance? Some accountants say no. A workplace expert tries to put their comments in perspective.
Workplace Flexibility and the Bottom Line
By STEVEN GREENHOUSESeveral work force experts and accounting executives say offering paid maternity leaves, telecommuting and the like can pay off for companies.
Keeping Women in Science on a Tenure Track
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEMore women are obtaining Ph.D.’s in science than ever before, but those women are far more likely than their male counterparts to “leak” out of the research science pipeline.
State Officials vs. State Employee Unions
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEGovernment officials in many states and cities have asked public-sector unions to accept freezes on salaries and concessions on pensions.
Study Shows Depth of Unemployment for Blacks in New York
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEA report by the Community Service Society of New York finds that only one in four young black men in the city has a job.
Are Job Subsidies in Your State Working?
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEA new report helps provide some answers on whether your state is getting the best bang for the buck on job subsidies given to corporations.
M.B.A.’s Have Biggest ‘Mommy Penalty,’ Doctors the Smallest
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEAmong highly educated women who take time off from their careers to raise their children, women with M.B.A.’s suffer the largest percentage “mommy penalty,” while those with medical degrees suffer the lowest proportionate loss, with female Ph.D.’s and lawyers falling somewhere in between.
Delayed Child Rearing, More Stressful Lives
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEA new study finds that delayed marriage and childbearing are leading to increased stress for American men and women in balancing work and family obligations.
Still Few Women at the Top in Most Big U.S. Companies
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEEven though women represent about half of the nation’s work force, most companies in the S.&P. 100 have no female or minority representation in their highest-paid executive positions, Calvert Investments concluded in a report released Thursday.