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School closures – impact on working parents and employer response

The current situation poses a significant challenge to parents. Those affected by the closures are facing disruptions in their routines, impacting their ability to balance work and childcare.

Challenges in flexible working needs among parents, managers, and leaders

With parents, managers and leaders all having different expectations from flexible working, there’s a danger that opposing needs can result in friction and dissatisfaction.

Charlotte Gentry: How to produce an integrated fertility policy in the workplace

About 1 in 7 couples face conception difficulties. However, only 42% of women undergoing fertility treatment informed their employer, with 24% receiving no support at all.

How to relieve the pressures on new dads at work

All working parents need support. Expert advice on how employers can support new dads and help make the transition back to work that little bit easier.

Entertain and educate your kids while you work from home this summer!

The summer break is an excellent opportunity to create cherished memories with your children through engaging, educational, and mindful activities, all while you manage work from home.

Let go of working mum guilt!

Starting and running a business is an exciting venture. However, when you're a mother, you may also face the struggle of working mum guilt.

Emily Hughes: Unblurring the boundaries between work from home and parenting

The commute acts as a buffer between the spheres of work & parenting. However, work-from-home parents now struggle with blurred boundaries.

Spring Budget 2023 met with mixed responses

The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his Spring Budget to Parliament on Wednesday 15 March 2023 which has been met with mixed responses.

Flexible working can reduce gender inequality by enabling mothers to stay in work

The rapid normalisation of remote work has made both flexible working and WFH less stigmatised and could ultimately work in women’s favour.

UK parental leave – could do better according to World Family Report

The UK has ranked 6th worst for parental leave schemes, according to a new study of 43 countries.
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