Employers Childcare

Women over 50 are struggling to balance work with caring responsibilities, as a rigid workplace culture is making it more difficult for them to further their careers, a report finds.

Employers should be more imaginative with flexible working arrangements, rather than just restricting workers to part-time work, says employment relations minister Jenny Willott.

The government should make replacing childcare vouchers with a system of universal childcare a top priority, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argues.

The government's new childcare proposals will leave the UK's lowest earners struggling to go out to work, a charity warns.

The majority of women (59%) regret returning to work as early as they did after childbirth with many doing so purely for financial reasons, a survey reveals.

Imperial College London has become the first university in England to support its employees with access to emergency childcare and eldercare services.

A significant proportion of women (80%) feel guilty about returning to work following the birth of their child, with many feeling their employer will be unsupportive and discriminatory towards them.

Around two-thirds of mothers say that the cost of childcare is a barrier to them working more, findings show.

Unison is urging employers to offer greater childcare support to help encourage women back into the workforce and assist the economic recovery.

Fathers are twice as likely as mothers to feel strong resentment towards their employer over a lack of work-life balance, a report finds.