Flexible Working Practices
Is there a generation gap about hybrid working?
Once again if you read the news you would end up completely baffled about what is going... read more
Blogs
We have a number of working parents – mums and dads – writing blogs for us regularly. They write about anything from their opinions on flexible working to the challenges of managing family life. Find their regular posts here.
Flexible Working Practices
Why now is the time to question everything
Many people switched to online working over the last year almost overnight. It was an... read more
Diversity
A long way to go on diversity, but it’s worth it
A Financial Reporting Council report on diversity in FTSE 350 firms published last week... read more
Work Life Balance
End of term – we made it!
So, we got to the end of the school year [if you're not quite there yet, hang on in... read more
Work Life Balance
How not to conduct a leavers assembly
I went to my son's leavers assembly this week. I thought it would be emotional. I thought... read more
Childcare
Childcare should be an issue for everyone
Last week, the TUC and Mother Pukka published the results of a survey about summer... read more
Flexible Working Practices
How can we improve take up of job shares?
Earlier this month a group of MPs and others wrote to the Government calling for a change... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Why sowing division over working patterns won’t work
There have been a lot of foolish things written during the pandemic, as well as, of... read more
Work Life Balance
A lifetime’s work
Grief takes a long, long time. Maybe a lifetime...or more. And this year has brought more... read more
Returning to Work
All change…again
Someone sent me a meme the other day which noted that the work from home rule ends just as... read more
Work Life Balance
A long summer of anxiety
Parents - and children - have been on the receiving end of the many u-turns, changes in... read more
Work Life Balance
Intrusion into grief
Last year I took out a complaint with the Independent Press Standards Organisation [IPSO]... read more
Flexible Working
Better planning needed for the future of work
The future of work is not decided. It can go any of various ways, depending on how we plan... read more
Work Life Balance
End of term chaos
While Scottish schools are already past the finishing post, those in other parts of the UK... read more
Work Life Balance
Should we have a right to disconnect?
A recent survey by Owl Labs shows over a quarter of employers are considering introducing... read more
Maternity & Parental Leave
Could dads’ peers be more accepting of flexible working than they think?
Gender equality has never been simply a women's issue. A large part of the agenda involves... read more
Work Life Balance
A question of time
Should employers go all out and offer employees a right to work wherever they want? Does... read more
Flexible Working Practices
The battle for flexible working
The last week has seen a plethora of articles and surveys about the Government potentially... read more
Work Life Balance
More change at schools in a year of disruption
It's been a year and a half of stops and starts and sudden changes and no more so than for... read more
Work Life Balance
When privacy is an inhuman right
"Privacy is a fundamental human right. At Apple, it's also one of our core values. Your... read more
Work Life Balance
Why embracing diversity helps our mental health
Mental health has been a huge issue during the pandemic. At the All-Party Parliamentary... read more
