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Haley Swenson

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Unpaid emotional labor adding to parents’ heavy ‘mental load’

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By Kathryn Carley, Haley Swenson, Leah Ruppanner
| Maine Insights
American women spend an average 4.5 hours per day doing unpaid work, compared with 2.8 hours for men, according to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (Adobe Stock) Listen to the story HERE By Kathryn Carley May 15, 2026 By Haley Swenson and Leah Ruppanner for Better Life Lab at New America.
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The Invisible Work Draining Your Best Employees

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By Leah Ruppanner, Haley Swenson, Kate Mangino, David SMith, David Smith, Molly Dickens, H. Colleen Stuart
| Harvard Business Review Verified
SKIP TO CONTENT Most leaders assess workload through hours, deadlines, and output, but these measures overlook the mental load employees carry: the ongoing cognitive and emotional effort required to manage tasks,... Most leaders assume they understand employee workload by tracking hours, deadlines, and performance metrics. But those measures overlook a powerful driver of burnout, disengagement, and turnover at work: the mental load.
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Unpaid emotional labor adding to parents' heavy 'mental load'

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By Haley Swenson, Leah Ruppanner
| Philippine Times
By Haley Swenson and Leah Ruppanner for Better Life Lab at New America. Broadcast version by Kathryn Carley for Maine News Service reporting for the Better Life Lab at New America-Public News Service Collaboration Studies among U.S. men and women have shown remarkable progress toward gender equality at home in recent decades. As women now make up 40 percent of household breadwinners and men spend more time on child care and housework, more couples say they share domestic responsibilities equally.
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