The Future of Paid Family Leave Conference Materials

Conference agenda
Conference Summary

White Papers

Home and Away: The Politics and Policy of Family Leave in Massachusetts

Newspaper articles and Op-eds

The Dilemmas of Family Leave, op-ed by Dulcy Anderson (Center for Women and Enterprise) and Charles C. Euchner (Rappaport Institute)
Sharing the Costs of Family Leave, article on the conference from the May 2, 2002 edition of the Harvard University Gazette

The Future of Paid Family Leave in Massachusetts Conference Agenda

7:45 a.m. Check in and continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome and opening remarks
8:45 a.m. Overview
9:00 a.m. Remarks from House Speaker Tom Finneran and Ann Crittenden
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m.
Respondents* with moderator Margie Reedy, NECN
11:45 a.m. Conclusion
12 noon Informal lunch and discussion


*Panelists included:

  • Randy Albelda, economist, UMass-Boston
  • Ann Bookman, Sloan Center for Work and Family, MIT
  • Gloria Larson, Foley Hoag, LLP, former director of economic development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (invited)
  • Cindy Rizzo, The Boston Foundation
  • Andrea Silbert, Center for Women and Enterprise
  • Mike Widmer, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation

 

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