Work Life Balance
The mental health impact of the second lockdown
Over three quarters of working mums say that they found the second lockdown harder than... read more
Feature
Managing Staff
Why line manager support matters for working mums
Fatima Manaa is a business manager at internationa banking firm UBS, which won the... read more
Diversity
Neurodiversity in the workplace
WM People, workingmums.co.uk's parent group, has published a white paper on best practice... read more
Career Progression
How to send better emails
It is calculated that the average white collar worker spends around five hours on email... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Working part time in a senior role
Employers who have a more agile way of working have tended to adapt best to the... read more
Diversity
Teach First: best for family support
Teach First embraces families in all their diversity and says so upfront in its policies.... read more
Flexible Working Practices
How to get the most from hybrid working
The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development has published practical guidance on... read more
Career Advice
How to deal with post-lockdown anxiety
During the pandemic we have all coped in different ways; some of us have adjusted more... read more
Maternity & Parental Leave
Changing roles while pregnant
Amy Foster is a Disease Level Partner at pharmaceutical giant Roche, working on the... read more
Childcare
Fostering during Covid
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a difficult time for all parents, but especially for new... read more
Employment Rights
Advice for employers after shielding relaxation
From tomorrow vulnerable people in England will no longer have to shield. At least... read more
Diversity
Being transgender in the workplace
In recognition of International Transgender Day of Visibility and following a survey by... read more
Childcare
Going one step further to support working parents during Covid
With their children having now returned to face to face schooling, many working parents... read more
Employment Rights
Back to the office: from Covid safety to vaccine passports
Following the implementation of a national lockdown in England on 4th January 2021, most... read more
Flexible Working Practices
How to manage remote teams better
How do we manage remote teams better? A webinar this week run by ManpowerGroup aimed to... read more
Work Life Balance
An international inspiration in Fintech
Sofie Blakstad was writing a book on ‘how to build a bank’ after years of working in... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Flexible stories: from 100% office-based to hybrid working
Over half of Sally Peacock’s team were almost 100% office-based before Covid. Lockdown... read more
Work Life Balance
Why pensions matter: advice for the self employed
Despite rises and falls amid periods of recession, the number of self-employed people is... read more
Work Life Balance
What is this thing called motherhood?
It’s okay to be a solidly mediocre mother. That’s the message of MP Jess Phillips' new... read more
Work Life Balance
Letting women tell their maternal mental health stories
Anna Ceesay is founder of a new website, Motherdom, the UK's first media platform... read more
Women Leaders
Woman of the year
Dr Asel Sartbaeva was not encouraged to take up a career in science. Indeed at her... read more
