Workplace Buzz: Today’s Headlines

Workplace Buzz on October 30, 2007 7:09 AM

How We Plan for the Future
There's no cookie-cutter answer for a woman's financial future, but for financial professionals like Kim Huber and Jennifer Haney, there are methodical steps that a woman can take to be more financially secure. Huber, who has been a financial planner for 14 years and is now with Spelts Wealth Management, says women tend to put themselves and their interests behind others. "If a man and a woman sit down to write their financial goals, the woman will put her children's education at the top of the list, before retirement. A man will list his children's education as second or even third," said Huber. Enterprise Record

Identifying Home Problems in the Office
WHEN an associate at the law firm Greenberg Traurig first told Cesar Alvarez, the chief executive, that domestic violence was a workplace issue that the firm needed to address, he was skeptical. Greenberg Traurig now trains employees to identify domestic-violence victims, and offers benefits for employees who are victims, including leaves of absence and referrals to outside agencies. The firm has also advised other companies about how to protect their own employees. New York Times

Politics and Gender
When asked about the record number of women running for the Legislature this November, Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose summed up the opinion of many female legislators when she said: "It's about time." Given that Democrats have put 39 female candidates forward and Republicans have tapped 21 women, as many as one in four lawmakers could be a woman in the new Legislature. "Party leaders have decided that, obviously, women are capable and good for the ticket," said Ingrid Reed, an analyst at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. Courier Post

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