Helpful Resources

Improvising New Careers An excellent academic study of reduced workload arrangements for managers and professionals, by McGill Management professor Mary Dean Lee. Key findings include: career advancement slowed but did not stop, responsibility for subordinates was NOT a stumbling block (though this did depend on how independent the subordinates were), support of the senior manager is essential, those who were supportive saw it as a way to avoid losing a star performer or to recruit talent, need trial periods and fine tuning with experience.

Job Sharing Offers Unique Challenges A useful article from the Society for Human Resource Management

Flexible Working Arrangements

(see also Home-based Work, Job Sharing, Part-time Work, Work & Life Balance)

The Business Argument for Flexibility Article from HR Magazine about Chubb Insurance's experiences.

Employment Equity

Home-Based Work (includes self-employment; telecommuting, etc.)

Women - Other sites of interest

FEMALE Home Page - An organization for "sequencing" mothers: women who have altered their career paths in order to care for their children at home. (Slow to load.)

Women's Studies - U of Toronto

Work & Family/Personal Life Balance