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UC DAVIS: Vice Chancellor - Administration October 8, 2004 DEANS, DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, AND CAMPUS/UCDHS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS RE: October Is National Work And Family Month The National Work-Life Initiative, launched in 2003 by a congressional resolution declaring October as National Work and Family Month, provides education and heightens awareness of work-life effectiveness: http://www.awlp.org/nwli/homepage.jsp#workfamily. UC Davis supports the resolution and initiative to create healthy work environments that integrate institutional, personal and community outcomes: http://worklifebalance.ucdavis.edu/resources/resources.cfm, http://www.hr.ucdavis.edu/Quality_of_Work_Life, http://sdps.ucdavis.edu/browse/wl.htm. The Congressional Resolution identifies 11 important issues confronting American workers that are addressed by the adoption of work-life programs and services, including: * 85 percent of U.S. wage and salaried workers have immediate, day-to-day family responsibilities off the job; * 46 percent of wage and salaried workers are parents with children under the age of 18 who live with them at least half-time; * nearly one out of every four Americans -- over 45 million Americans -- provided or arranged care for a family member or friend in the past year; * an increasing number of baby boomers reach retirement age in record numbers and more and more Americans are faced with the challenge of caring for older parents. According to the National Work-Life Initiative: * Work-Life is the ability to effectively manage work, family, and personal life. * Work-Life contributes to the well being and productivity of the American workers and their workplaces. * Work-Life improves job satisfaction, commitment to employers, and retention. * Work-Life helps nurture happier, harder-working employees by alleviating on-the-job stress. * Work-Life increases on-the-job performance. * Work-Life lessens employee utilization of the health care system. * Work-Life helps improve self-esteem and lessens feelings of anger or resentment. * Work-Life helps build stronger families. * Work-Life helps employees manage work and family responsibilities. * Work-Life allows parents to be more involved in their children's lives. The Congressional Resolution further states that work-life programs: * are key predictors of job productivity, job satisfaction, commitment to employers, and retention; * allow parents to be more involved in their children's lives, and parental involvement is associated with children's higher achievement in language and mathematics, improved behavior, greater academic persistence, and lower dropout rates. November 4th marks the launch of the Staff Work/Life Program monthly brown-bag series. Please join us at the Brown Bag series. Dennis Shimek Senior Associate Vice Chancellor and Special Advisor to the Chancellor - Human Resources 04-103
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