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Evolution of Work-Life: Decades' Highlights & World Events

Explore the evolution of work-life balance through the decades from the 1970s to the 2000s, alongside key global events shaping the intersection of work and family life.

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Evolution of Work-Life: Decades' Highlights & World Events

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  1. Work-Life Highlights by Decade

  2. 1970’s Employers Confronted with Child Care

  3. August 1970

  4. December 1970

  5. March 1972

  6. June 1975

  7. September 1975

  8. January 1976

  9. October 1977

  10. 1970’sEmployers Confronted with Child Care World Events Work & Family Developments • Watergate break-in (1972) • Intel invents single chip processor • Federal Express founded (1973) • OPEC oil crisis (1973) • US forces leave Vietnam (1973) • President Nixon resigns (1974) • Employee Assistance Programs • White House Conference on Children (1970) • Federal agencies experiment with flexible work arrangements • ERISA becomes law (1974) • Kanter publishes Work & Family in the United States (1977) • Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978) • Aspen Institute Seminar; K. Christensen introduces concepts of women, work & family (1978)

  11. 1980’s “Work & Family” Spawns an Industry

  12. February 1982

  13. May 1982

  14. January 1983

  15. May 1983

  16. June 1983

  17. June 1984

  18. July 1984

  19. May 1986

  20. June 1987

  21. December 1989

  22. 1980’s“Work & Family” Spawns an Industry World Events Work & Family Developments • Decade punctuated by mergers and acquisitions • AIDS is given a name (1981) • Sandra Day O’Connor named to the Supreme Court (1981) • Challenger Space Shuttle explodes (1986) • Berlin Wall comes down (1989) • Bill to amend FLSA vetoed by President Reagan (1989) • Fatherhood Project (James Levine, 1981) • CB Work-Family Research Council established (1983) • Work/Family Directions (Rodgers, 1983) • Working Mother Magazine “Best Companies for Mothers” award (1985) • First Catalyst award conferred (1986) • Families and Work Institute (1989)

  23. 1990’s Work-Life Becomes Competitive Advantage

  24. July 1990

  25. October 1990

  26. December 1990

  27. April 1991

  28. June 1993

  29. September 1993

  30. November 1993

  31. July 1994

  32. September 1996

  33. March 1997

  34. September 1999

  35. 1990’sWork-Life Becomes Competitive Advantage World Events Work & Family Developments • Decade punctuated by downsizing, delayering, and reengineering • Dot-coms proliferate • Bull market: economy soars • Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) • Clean Air Act (1990) • Operation Desert Storm (1991) • O.J. Simpson arrested (1994) • Center for Work & Family founded at BU (now at BC) 1990 • Susan Seitel launches Work and Family Newsbriefand Trend Report (1990) • “Tenure stop clock” • Shellenbargers’s WSJ column begins (1991) • FWI launches National Study of the Changing Workforce • FMLA passes (1993) • Alliance for WL Progress (1996)

  36. 2000’s Expansion of the Work-Life Lens

  37. October 2004

  38. December 2006

  39. 2006

  40. June 2007

  41. 2000’sExpansion of the Work-Life Lens World Events Work & Family Developments • Terrorism emerges as a global threat • Global recession and other challenges • Collapse of the dot-coms • Labor force participation of married women with children under 18 = 70.1%; children under 6 = 61.8% • Generational diversity • Stress and overwork rise • Technology: 24X7 connectivity • Shift to culture change management • Social/public policy focus • Corporate Voices (2000) • Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award (2000) • New focus on men

  42. 2010Where Do We Go From Here?

  43. October 2010

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