Because Women are Busy

Contributed by Financial Times Health Supplement - Published 25 September 2009

Far-sighted employers are increasingly addressing the distinctive needs of women employees and, as a result, reaping the gains of liberating 50 per cent of the workforce to be more effective and productive. Here, we discuss with two senior women in global corporations how business is recognising women’s health and welfare issues.

Legal equality in the workplace has solved only half of the challenge women face: in reality, the juggling generation often ends up doing two full-time jobs – working, and running a family. MAKING A CHANGE Jeanne Wyand is healthcare and welfare principal at the Boston office of Towers Perrin, a…

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