Flexible Working Practices
Survey highlights lack of notice for shift work
Research from the Living Wage Foundation finds 37% of workers are given less than a week's... read more
Employers
Employers can access all of our research, best practice reports and up-to-date news and features about flexible working and diversity issues in this archive – including gender pay gap information and advice, tips for managing flexible staff, how to recruit more women into your business and case studies of companies who are doing great things in this area.
Employment Rights
Call for legal right to disconnect
A survey by the union Prospect backs calls for a right to disconnect for remote workers. read more
Gender Equality
Urban wage premium greater for women than men
New research on the earnings boost of working in cities shows women benefit more than men. read more
Diversity
Why we need to redouble efforts to address structural racism
The recent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report is an attempt to derail... read more
Managing Staff
Why line manager support matters for working mums
Fatima Manaa from UBS talks about the importance of line manager support when she returned... read more
Gender Equality
‘Women economists held to higher standards than men’
Two papers at the Royal Economic Society conference look at bias against female economists... read more
Diversity
Neurodiversity in the workplace
WM People has published a white paper on recruiting for and managing neurodiverse teams. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Flexible working for Ramadan
Flexible working and a personalised approach to support are good practice for a huge range... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Working part time in a senior role
Annie Turnbull talks about her senior part-time role at Teach First. read more
Diversity
Why the case for diversity and inclusion will continue to grow
Younger people are impatient for change when it comes to equality and issues like climate... read more
Career Progression
Leading female founders award ceremony opens for nominations
The NatWest everywoman Awards for female founders have opened for nominations. read more
Diversity
Teach First: best for family support
Teach First won workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Award for Family Support this year and... read more
Gender Equality
Gender pay gap remains static
An analysis of those gender pay audits submitted this year - despite a six-month... read more
Flexible Working Practices
How to get the most from hybrid working
The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development has published a guide for employers... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Pandemic turns finance professionals on to more flexible working
A survey by Deloitte finds over half of financial services employees want more flexibility... read more
Career Progression
Very slow progress on women in top roles
Analysis by S & P Capital IQ shows that the number of female chief executives in... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Report shows remote work doesn’t affect productivity & can boost it
A new report shows the productivity benefits of homeworking have increased over the course... read more
Flexible Working Practices
‘One in four NHS staff more likely to quit than a year ago’
A new survey of healthcare workers shows a quarter are more likely to leave the NHS after... read more
Diversity
Inequality report draws criticism over failure to back mandatory ethnicity pay reporting
The report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities has drawn criticism for its... read more
Diversity
Being transgender in the workplace
Diversity & Inclusion expert Joanne Lockwood talks to workingmums.co.uk about how... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Out of touch
Boris Johnson's latest comments on homeworking show he is out of touch with what the... read more
