Work Life Balance
Starting a cooking business from home
In recent years there’s been a huge boost in people seeking to start a home based... read more
Jobseekers
Jobseekers can access all of our up-to-date news, advice, tips and features about flexible working and finding a part time job here in our jobseeker archive. Read about the Top Employers leading the way with flexible working, find out who is recruiting now, and get careers advice to help you. Plus read about other mums juggling it all in our work life balance section.
Work Life Balance
On the road in half term with four kids
A road trip with four kids requires some ground rules. read more
Employment Rights
Do employees have a right to express milk at work?
Employees' right to express milk
As a new survey shows women facing problems expressing milk at work, HR expert Kate Palmer... read more
Top Employers
Making the case for job shares
Civil Service Human Resources won the 2018 Workingmums.co.uk's Top Employer Award for... read more
Returning to Work
Mums forced to express milk in toilets at work
Study shows problems faced by breastfeeding mums on return to work. read more
Employment Rights
What do women do when faced with maternity and pregnancy discrimination?
Most mums facing pregnancy and maternity discrimination walk away without taking action,... read more
Tax Credits & Benefits
‘Child poverty could hit record high’
Child poverty set to deepen, warns report. read more
Work Life Balance
Job ads ‘still biased towards men’
New study finds job ads in many industries are still biased towards men. read more
Childcare
Childcare fell through just days into new job
I started a new job recently as a teacher in a secondary school. I went back to work with... read more
Employment Rights
How should you handle LGBT discrimination in the workplace?
Karen Holden outlines what employers should do to prevent discriminatory behaviour towards... read more
Work Life Balance
The norovirus strikes again
You can start feeling slightly complacent about the norovirus as your kids grow up, but... read more
Maternity & Parental Leave
Survey highlights work pressure on parents of premature babies
Work pressure on parents of premature babies
A new survey shows 66% of dads feel forced to return to work when their premature babies... read more
Work Life Balance
Charting the technology takeover
If you have children of different ages you can chart just how fast technology has taken... read more
Career Advice
A window on the world of work for children and parents
Sarah Jane Thomson, founder of children's newspaper First News, talks to Workingmums.co.uk... read more
Career Progression
Report highlights career toll of gender bias on women
A new report highlights the gap in perception between men and women about unconscious bias... read more
Maternity & Parental Leave
Love is…sharing the mental load
Jessica Chivers explores what love means in terms of parenting. read more
Work Life Balance
No school uniform day
It's supposed to be a treat, but no school uniform day seems like a huge ordeal for... read more
Maternity & Parental Leave
Raising awareness of the benefits of Shared Parental Leave
The Government stepped up its campaign to promote take-up of Shared Parental Leave this... read more
Employment Rights
At risk of redundancy due to working part time
I have been told that my job is at risk of redundancy because it is part time. I have been... read more
Top Employers
Returning to work after a career break ‘feels like coming home’
Eve Merckaert talks about getting back on the career path after an 11-year gap through... read more
Work Life Balance
HR report highlights gender pay gap
A report on pay in the HR sector shows continuing pay disparities between men and women,... read more
