Returning to Work
Back to work after a career break
Are you looking to get back to work after a career break? The chances are that you may be... 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
How to overcome Zoom fatigue
Are you suffering from Zoom fatigue? Who isn't after months and months of video calls,... read more
Self Employment
Moves towards gig working rights
The European Commission has launched the first stage of a consultation process involving... read more
Flexible Working
The adaptable office
There's a lot of speculation about what the office will look like in the new post-Covid... read more
Childcare
What does the data show?
There have been so many statistics flying around about who has been hardest hit work-wise... read more
Work Life Balance
To return or not to return?
The debate over schools returning began as soon as they closed. The impact of... read more
Work Life Balance
A year of grieving
Today is the first anniversary of our daughter's death. It feels like we have been... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Where there’s a will…
There have been waves of articles against homeworking in the last year and now the... read more
Employment Rights
The need for stronger pregnancy and maternity redundancy protections
Over the course of the Covid pandemic workingmums.co.uk has heard from many women who have... read more
Childcare
My brain is going to mush
Today is an inset day at many schools - at least in our area. In fact, two of the three... read more
Gender Equality
The gender equality problem at the heart of Government
Yesterday's Women and Equalities Committee report made a lot of recommendations, but a... read more
Career Progression
Career progression after Covid
The number of promotions in the last 12 months was 48 per cent lower than the previous... read more
Flexible Working
Pandemic working is not remote working
It's been another week of negative stories about home working. City AM reports today on... read more
Flexible Working
How will the office – and the home – change post-Covid?
A report published this week by accountancy group Grant Thornton shows that over a third... read more
Childcare
Reflecting or reinforcing gender stereotypes?
There was much comment last week on the Stay Home, Save Lives Covid adverts showing women... read more
Work Life Balance
A terrible milestone
This week has been an awful milestone in the Covid pandemic. We are so aware of the... read more
Gender Equality
Why do women feel less valued at work?
Our Top Employer Awards always brings up some interesting discussions. One of the speakers... read more
Work Life Balance
Parents worry about greater expectations for homeschooling
It's week three of homeschooling, with no real end in sight, and many parents are finding... read more
Work Life Balance
Covid parents’ evening
What happens to parents' evenings in the lockdown? We had a bizarre experience this week... read more
Childcare
Does this lockdown feel worse than the last ones?
Are you feeling worse about the whole homeschooling/lockdown thing this time around than... read more
Managing Staff
What can employers do to help working parents in lockdown?
A TUC survey last week said 75% of working mums who had asked for furlough for childcare... read more
