Career Advice
Switching to teaching
Many people underestimate the salary and career prospects of teachers, according to a... read more
Work life balance
Career Advice
I’ve got the music in me
Claudia Morris has taken a circuitous route to follow her passion of singing. A mum of... read more
Employment Rights
Cut the working week to 21 hours, says report
The working week should be restricted to 21 hours to tackle issues like work life... read more
Employment Rights
Staff sacrifice work/life balance in recession
Almost 40% of employees say they have had to sacrifice some aspect of their work-life... read more
Career Advice
The Grandparent Juggle
Grandparents can offer a lifeline to busy working parents, but many now work and have the... read more
Employment Rights
Public sector working ‘good for fertility’
Working for the public sector is good for fertility, according to new Economic and Social... read more
Managing Staff
Is presenteeism damaging business?
The survey of 39,000 UK workers for leading business psychology company, Robertson... read more
Employment Rights
Brown pledges extension of free childcare
Gordon Brown extends free childcare to 250,000 children. Plus other news. Prime Minister... read more
Employment Rights
Workingmums responds to new research on working mums and diet
Workingmums.co.uk responds to new research showing children of working mums are less... read more
Returning to Work
Top Tips for Going Back To Work
Whether you’ve only taken a few months off work or a few years, returning to work is... read more
Employment Rights
Women only occupy 8.8% of board positions of FTSE top 350
Only 3% of chief executives of the FTSE 350 index are women and only 1.3% are... read more
Employment Rights
Parents of disabled children dissatisfied with summer childcare
Nearly 70% of parents of disabled children are not satisfied with available summer... read more
Career Advice
How to handle interviews
So you’ve got an interview. Now comes the hard part, convincing your prospective... read more
Flexible Working
British Gas Case Study
Wendy balances busy family life with her part-time career. Wendy talks about how this is... read more
Employment Rights
Sabbatical leave offered in lieu of redundancy
BT staff offered a year's sabbatical on 25% pay to stave off redundancies. Plus other... read more
Employment Rights
Working mums face big pay penalty for the rest of their working life
Childbirth marks the start of a great divide in pay equality between men and women which... read more
Employment Rights
Young want flexible work
Young people are the most likely to want flexible working and the least likely to ask for... read more
Employment Rights
Life after redundancy: ask the expert
I was made redundant and have applied for over 300 positions. It could be a problem with... read more
Employment Rights
Networking for working mums
Amanda Frolich is setting up a working mums network in addition to her already thriving... read more
Flexible Working
Herts top for flexible working
Hertfordshire County Coucil was recently named one of the top 20 employers by Working... read more
Employment Rights
Get creative
In the Web 2.0 age, the world of designing and selling new products is changing and a new... read more
