Returning to Work
Returner white paper highlights best practice for employers
A new workingmums.co.uk white paper looks at the ways employers can reach out to returners... read more
Flexible Working Practices
The flexible working practices section discusses flexible working as a strategic tool organisations can use to improve performance and productivity. It outlines the different types of smart and flexible working, including part-time and compressed hours, as well as agile working.
Whitepapers & Reports
Flexible Working Practices
workingmums.co.uk launches 2019 Best Practice Report
For International Women's Day, workingmums.co.uk is publishing its 2019 Best Practice... read more
Gender Equality
How to get more women into senior leadership positions
Getting more women into leadership positions
A new white paper from workingmums.co.uk looks at how to get more women into senior... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Flexi workers say they are more productive and happier
'Flexible workers more productive'
Workers who are offered the option of flexible working are more productive, happier and less stressed, according to a new study. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Government publishes Good Work Plan
Legislation aims to address insecure workers' rights
Government publishes Good Work Plan which it says aims to address rights issues for workers on insecure contracts. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Finding the perfect flexible role
Gemma Saward talks to Workingmums.co.uk about how she got her flexible part-time role at WH Smith. read more
Flexible Working Practices
The business benefits of a flexible team
How do you manage a flexible team? Claire Nightingale is Global Head of Finex Financial Institutions Claims Advocacy at Willis Towers Watson, the... read more
Employer Events 
Post A Job White Papers Managed Recruitment
The Future of Flex Roundtable
Organisations that don't adapt to the turbulent work atmosphere we face in the next few years will suffer. Learn from others about their experience of... read more
Women in Technology Roundtable
Given tech is one of the key sectors for the future, how can the numbers of women entering it and progressing up the career ladder be improved? read more
Top Employer Awards
The Awards recognise employers both big and small who have embraced the business benefits of flexible working and have been proactive in seeking to... read more
Returning to Work
Returner white paper highlights best practice for employers
A new workingmums.co.uk white paper looks at the ways employers can reach out to returners to plug skills shortages and increase diversity of thought... read more
Flexible Working Practices
workingmums.co.uk launches 2019 Best Practice Report
For International Women's Day, workingmums.co.uk is publishing its 2019 Best Practice Report which provides details of what award-winning employers... read more
Gender Equality
How to get more women into senior leadership positions
Getting more women into leadership positions
A new white paper from workingmums.co.uk looks at how to get more women into senior leadership positions. read more
What's Hot
Flexible Working Practices
How to keep healthy when working from home
Jonathan Smith outlines ways to make your homeworking office space more healthy. read more
Work Life Balance
How I made Partner
Julie Hadfield attributes her increased confidence and success as a Partner at EY to a process of proving herself, to herself, repeatedly. In doing... read more
Flexible Working Practices
EU fixes minimum rights for ‘gig economy’ workers
The European Parliament has voted through new rights for gig workers. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Asda accused of short-changing 3,000 staff
Asda is seeking to move staff onto flexible contracts which mean staff being paid more per hour, but losing paid breaks. read more
Flexible Working Practices
A setback for the four-day week?
Is the Wellcome Trust's decision not to go with the four-day week a setback for flexible working? read more
Flexible Working Practices
Linklaters updates its flexible working policy
Linklaters has changed its formal flexible working policy. read more
Further Reading
Gender Equality
Employers urged to publish narrative alongside gender pay figures
Employers are being encouraged to publish a narrative explaining their gender pay gap figures to put them in context. read more
Gender Equality
Boosting women’s economic empowerment
A focus group of mums last week addressed some of the issues holding back economic empowerment for women. read more
Recruitment
Unemployment falls to 3.9%, with large rises in female employment reported
Unemployment is down, with a rise in female employment partly responsible, says the ONS. read more
Diversity
Breaking through the class ceiling
A new book calls for employers to adopt an intersectional approach to tackling inequity in the workplace and monitoring class gaps as well as those... read more
Gender Equality
Report looks at growing impact of caring on work
A new report from the Office for National Statistics highlights the growing impact of caring responsibilities on workers in later life. read more
Top Employers
A caring employer
Joanne Morrison is a regional managing director at Bovis. She speaks about her career and the importance of shaping a caring culture at work. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Counting the potential cost of caring
Employers and Government need to think urgently about the impact of our ageing population on work and the public sector. read more
