The two biggest challenges facing working parents are flexible working arrangements and the cost of childcare. Policies and platitudes aren’t enough. Here’s why so many UK parents feel the pressure of imposter syndrome while juggling work and life.
Dear Employer: A new campaign calls on women to frankly tell their ex-employer how they handled pregnancy, parental leave and returning back to work.
Real Business takes a look at the joy staff have garnered through SPL and the benefits that companies reap because of it.
With the government’s Share the Joy campaign now in full swing, Real Business took a closer look at shared parental leave, and the costs and benefits for working parents.
Small business minister Andrew Griffiths appeared on Radio 5 Live to push the government’s new shared parental leave campaign. He ended up divulging information which broadcaster Emma Barnett called ?ludicrous?.
The difference between maternity, paternity and shared parental leave is vast, so it wouldn’t hurt to know what each one entails.
It’s been one year since the launch of the Shared Parental Leave (SPL) policy, allowing couples to share leave when it comes to a new addition to the family in the hope that women will return to the workforce quicker – but it seems both parents are not so keen on the uptake.
The majority of women would consider taking shared parental leave and are keen to balance career and family, but believe the culture in their current firm make pursuing a career as a mother unrealistic. As such, Executive Coaching MD Geraldine Gallacher explains why men can help both genders achieve a better work-life balance.
By Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson, minister for employment relations and Liberal Democrat MP for East Dunbartonshire, shares her advice on the upcoming Shared Parental Leave legislation with Real Business – and looks at what kind of cultural change she hopes it will bring about.
By Carol Rosati
Flexible working is more than just a buzzword or a short lived fad, it is quickly becoming a serious competitive advantage for those businesses that put the concept into practice. There has never been a better time to embrace it with the influence of technology enabling people to live and work in ways that were previously impossible. Why then do so many businesses have yet to move on from the days of punching clocks and coats on the backs of seats
