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Employment Rights

Role being made redundant after I asked for a pay rise

To be a fair dismissal, your employer must dismiss you for a fair reason and also... read more

Mental Health

News review 2022: January-April

The first four months of the year saw the transition from Covid restrictions, rising... read more

Career Advice

Helping parents back to work

When Tania Jones was on maternity leave from her job in HR, she kept bumping into parents... read more

Recruitment

Zurich says advertising roles as potentially part time pays off

In March 2019, insurance firm Zurich decided to launch an initiative to advertise all new... read more

Career Advice

How to find a good Part Time Job

Register with specialist jobsites There are organisations, such as workingmums.co.uk,... read more

Flexible Working Practices

‘I was never not offered an opportunity because I was part time’

Kate Lockett was promoted to HR Business Partner at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency... read more

Career Advice

Workingmums.co.uk Top Employers Awards 2012

Employers need to do more to advertise new flexible roles if working mums are not to be... read more

Flexible Working

How to negotiate a shorter or more flexible working week

You’re looking for a new flexible job, but all the jobs you are interested in are full... read more

Flexible Working

58% fear the drive to agile working has pushed part-time jobs out of the picture

Has part-time working been forgotten in the move towards agile working? A poll by... read more

Career Advice

Job split

Peter Allen and Julia Boettcher are mathematicians at LSE. They applied for a job share,... read more

Flexible Working Practices

The benefits of part time working

When Maggie van't Hoff had her third child she went down to four days a week. Currently... read more

Career Progression

Report highlights lack of skills and expertise diversity in top boardrooms

While the number of women on FTSE All-Share boards has continued to rise this year, there... read more

Employment Rights

US women more career-focused than men

Young American women now surpass young men in the importance they place on having a... read more

Career Advice

Workingmums.co.uk survey: Q & A

Earlier this week, Workingmums.co.uk published the results of its annual survey, which... read more

Flexible Working Practices

How to find a new role on reduced hours

How do you find a good part-time or term-time job which uses your experience and skills... read more

Flexible Working Practices

Part-time guarantee

HSBC is the first company to guarantee women returning from maternity leave part-time work... read more

Employment Rights

Can you be made redundant for refusing to switch to full-time work?

It's important to check what are your contractual hours in your employment contract. ... read more

Diversity

Getting more women into Parliament

This November coincides with 100 years since the passing of the Qualification of Women Act... read more

Employment Rights

Only part-time workers in redundancy pool and all jobs are full time

I’m sorry to hear this is happening to you. In terms of the redundancy process, for them... read more

Employment Rights

Should I have to apply for a job I’ve essentially been doing for years?

You have been very open in saying that you may not have the generalist experience that the... read more

Employment Rights

Can I be made redundant because I work part time?

I’m sorry to hear this is happening to you. In terms of the redundancy process. For them... read more