Joan Chalmers Williams
- : Joan C. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings College of the Law. She is known for her work on women and economics and work/family issues. She has published widely, including the award-winning Unbending Gender: Why Work and Family Conflict and What to Do About It (Oxford University Press,1999) and over fifty law review articles (including one of the most cited ever written; Deconstructing Gender, [The University of Michigan Law Review, 1989]).
Want to keep your job? Get a vasectomy
Remember a while back when it came out that firefighters in Washington, D.C. were given the choice between getting an abortion and getting fired? Now there another reproductive rights angle to work/family conflict. In yesterday's New York Times Magazine, Sharon...more »
Posted on March 5, 2007 8:00 AM
Tiger should get his priorities straight
Remember how Tiger Woods said that he would pass up a major golf tournament if, to play in it, he would have to miss the birth of his baby? Silly man. Colleen Pavelka may not be as famous as Tiger,...more »
Posted on February 19, 2007 8:45 AM
You have to run your business with the workforce you have, not the workforce you want
"Tiger's not kidding about his priorities." Read the headline in the San Francisco Chronicle. What followed was a story that, in incredulous tones, pondered whether Tiger Woods really will skip the British Open to assist at the birth of his...more »
Posted on February 12, 2007 9:51 AM
Want to make more money? Family friendly benefits for hamburger flippers
For 20 years, we have heard all about the business case for offering workers maternity leaves, flexible schedules, and other benefits. But those discussions virtually always focus on the business benefits of keeping high-human capital workers – managers and professionals....more »
Posted on February 4, 2007 9:46 AM
Wal*Mart to Offer Just In Time Children for Parents with Just In Time Schedules
When I saw the headlines about Wal*Mart moving to flexible scheduling, I was see that the company has decided to become a leader in the work/life arena. Here's a bit from The Wall Street Journal: [U]sing a new computerized scheduling...more »
Posted on January 5, 2007 10:43 AM
The Boy -- and Girl -- Crisis
“At Colleges, Women Are Leaving Men in the Dust,” reads the headline of the thoughtful story in the Sunday New York Times by Tamar Lewin. Many people are interpreting the data she discusses as evidence of the need for affirmative...more »
Posted on July 9, 2006 7:52 PM
Go part-time or take a break? Which hurts you less in the long run?
Many moms, on overload, ponder whether to go part-time or take a career break. Which hurts your earning power less in the long run should -- God forbid -- you end up divorced?...more »
Posted on June 16, 2006 5:50 AM
More information on the Project on Attorney Retention
This is in response to the request for additional information about the Project on Attorney Retention....more »
Posted on June 8, 2006 8:43 AM
What is schedule creep? When part-time hours creep towards full time
It’s Sunday morning, and I was just talking with a young woman working four days a week at a law firm. Her work has never been more interesting, she said, but it’s hard. She has a one-year old, and for...more »
Posted on June 5, 2006 6:02 PM
Move to Europe? It depends...
The United States is probably the best country in the world for women who live the life pattern of a traditional man – and one of the worst for women who live life patterns traditional to women....more »
Posted on May 20, 2006 7:38 AM
