I read an article in the New York Times about unpublished research. A major company hired researchers to figure out why they had fewer women employees. They found that women quit more than men. Surprisingly, women had exactly the same work issues as men - poor management, lack of work-life balance, unreasonable demands, unreasonable expectations. But women, more often than men, had the freedom in their life to quit - while more men simply didn't have that option.

The company, realizing that the research would require that they treat their employees better, buried the research and started a PR campaign to talk about how they try to hire more women.

So we really need better regulation of companies - so that we can improve life for all of our citizens. I would like to see laws requiring employees on boards, limiting working hours, requiring higher pay for part-time vs. full-time workers, and perhaps required training for all managers for "low power distance" management. Really, I'm for anything that might improve quality of life for our citizens. We live in a time of extreme automation - why are so many of us forced to work in such poor conditions?