October 30, 2003
A New Paid-Leave System Makes a Charity's Workers Less Harried
Five years ago, Delia Monroe's life got a lot more complicated. As associate director of resource development, corporate and foundation affairs, at the American Foundation for the Blind, in New York, she already carried a full workload. But when her husband, Douglas, fell ill with a brain tumor, she needed to spend countless hours overseeing his care.
In the 14 months leading up to her husband's death, Ms. Monroe used up all of her days off to give her husband the care that he needed.
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