She initiated "flex hours" and a family-friendly workplace in the 1960s, long before they became commonplace.

It would profit corporate America, she insists, to create a family-friendly workplace.

"This is a perfect example of what I have in mind when I write about the concept of the family-friendly workplace."

After her City Council defeat in 1993, she worked on behalf of "family-friendly" workplaces, women's rights and recycling.

From this, she argues, will flow what our society really needs: more respect for parents, more flexible and family-friendly workplaces, and happier, healthier children.

And despite all the talk at corporations these days about family-friendly workplaces, asking the boss for a reduced work schedule often gets a frosty reception.

Our laws should never stand in the way of a more family-friendly workplace.

Some progress has been made toward a family-friendly workplace.

Some options in family-friendly workplaces include providing paid leave or options for reduced hours.

In 2008 the employee-owned company was also recognized as the most family-friendly workplace in Norway.