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Diversity

Strengthening DEI at work

A new diversity, equity and inclusion framework aims to take the politics out of DEI with a focus on competency and standards. Read More

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Flexible Working

Part-time success for Zurich

Zurich has published new figures showing part-time internal promotions have increased by... read more

Employment Rights

Navigating the complexities of settlement agreements

Lawyer Karen Holden outlines how settlement agreements, commonly used in redundancies,... read more

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Tax Credits & Benefits

Debt and the full-time employee

The number of full-time workers seeking debt advice is rising, according to a new report. read more

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Childcare

Report highlights risks of childcare roll-out

The quality of childcare and provision for some vulnerable children may suffer as a result of the rapid roll-out of extensions to free childcare,... read more

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Childcare

Government claims success for childcare roll-out

The Government is claiming success for its childcare roll-out, despite ongoing challenges for the early years sector. read more

Childcare

Petition launched to exempt nurseries from business rates

A petition has been launched by a nursery owner to make nurseries exempt from business rates and VAT costs. read more

Features

Employment Rights

Can I be moved to another department with less commission?

I have a contract for a certain department at work. I have now been taken off that department and replaced by a zero hours worker.That in itself is... read more

Employment Rights

What do the new redundancy rights mean for working parents?

HR expert Kate Palmer from Peninsula outlines your new redundancy rights if you are pregnant or on maternity leave. read more

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Mental Health

Why are young people so unhappy?

The young in the UK, the US and some European countries, according to the World Happiness Report, are less happy today than they were just a few years... read more

Tax Credits & Benefits

Self employed and employed? Some things to consider…

More and more people are doing self-employed work on the side of paid employment. What are some of the things you need to consider? read more

Case Studies

Diversity

Chief Information Officer of the Year

Sarah Cunningham, Chief Information Officer at tech firm Arm, speaks to Workingmums.co.uk about her career after winning this year's CIO/CTO of the... read more

Flexible Working

Atom Bank: making a success of the four-day week

The four-day week has been in the news of late, but its success depends on employers adapting it to their own needs, as Atom Bank has found. read more

Career Progression

Returning to work as a part-time manager

Gemma Owen talks about how she has returned from maternity leave to her management job at construction firm Vistry on a part-time basis. read more

Diversity

A rising star in technology

Hafsa Hersi talks to workingmums.co.uk about how she switched from health and social care to a career in technology and about her everywoman in... read more

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Work Life Balance

Travelling without kids

There are books telling you how to travel with kids. But what about travelling without them when you've been doing it for so many years? read more

Tax Credits & Benefits

Benefits crackdown amid rising inequality

Benefits recipients are once again the target of the Government as it seeks to tackle what it calls the 'sicknote culture'. read more

Work Life Balance

Finding it hard to focus? You’re not alone

Are our attention spans shortening and, if so, what are the implications for work? read more

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Work Life Balance

Heavy is the burden of the mental load

Alex Molton feels weighed down by the mental load of family life as she considers whether we should just let the family sort themselves out. read more

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