The UK's childcare costs are the highest in the developed world, yet maternity pay has dipped over the last 12 years.
Employers across the UK are performing better than companies across the rest of the world in implementing wellbeing policies for workers.
Iceland, Belgium, and now the UK. Four-day working week trials are becoming increasingly popular as we start to challenge the rigid five-day working week that we have embraced for decades. These...
A sandwich generation of employees – those supporting both young children and elderly parents – are being neglected by their employers.
Black and minority ethnic (BME) and disabled parents are spending a higher proportion of their income on childcare than white or non-disabled workers, making them more susceptible to the affects of...
The number of temporary workers has shot up in the past two years as workers seek flexible working arrangements.
A four-day week could help close the gender pay gap for good, research has suggested.
One in eight (13%) British workers has had to opt for part-time hours to manage the cost of childcare.
Nearly three-quarters of UK job vacancies do not mention flexible working despite a huge shift in working styles post-pandemic.
Nearly two-thirds (63%) of working mums with primary school age children do not have sufficient childcare for the six-week school summer holidays, according to the TUC.
Employers are three times more likely to offer generous and extended parental leave than three years ago, according to new research by job site Indeed.
Shadow business secretary, Ed Miliband says the current systems in place for parental leave encourages a ‘men at work, women at home’ culture.