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Workers love flexible schedules. Employers, it seems, do not share their warm feelings. Employers said they’d be willing to pay substantially more – 20 percent to 60 percent more – to a worker who is willing to accept only a limited amount of scheduling flexibility or a rigid schedule, according to the preliminary findings of…

Caregiving often wins out in the struggle between work and fulfilling one’s obligation to a family member or friend who needs help. Researchers have documented the phenomenon of workers being forced to eventually leave their jobs so they can devote more time to the person in their care. But the impact on the work lives…