childcare and working mums
Parents face childcare fees rise
BBC News Online, 10 February 2010
Childcare costs in England, Wales and Scotland are continuing to rise, a survey by the Daycare Trust suggests.
Quit babying women in the workplace
Alpha Mummy, 7 February 2010
Is legislation originally designed to protect women in the workplace killing them with kindness?
Women in the workforce: Female power
The Economist , 30 December 2009
Across the rich world more women are working than ever before. Coping with this change will be one of the great challenges of the coming decades.
Harman backs down on equal pay rules
Sunday Times, 13 December 2009
More than 97% of firms are now likely to be exempt from rules in the Equality Bill requiring equal pay for men and women.
Too much maternity leave hurts careers
Sunday Times, 29 November 2009
Study across three continents shows the more family-friendly a country tries to be, the less its women succeed in the workplace.
The fight to keep childcare vouchers grows
The Times Alpha Mummy, 9 November 2009
The most popular petition on the Downing Street website right now is the one protesting the scrapping of the Employer Support Childcare scheme, aka childcare vouchers.
Women MPs revolt over childcare cash
Sunday Times, 8 November 2009
Gordon Brown is facing a revolt from Labour women over plans to axe childcare tax break that benefits the middle classes.
Childminders ‘forced out of business’
Daily Telegraph, 3 November 2009
Record numbers of childminders are being forced out of business, just 12 months after the introduction of Labour’s compulsory “nappy curriculum”, figures suggest.
Why don’t more dads work part-time?
Guardian, 21 October 2009
Nearly two-thirds of fathers would like to spend less time at work and more time at home. What's stopping them? And what do those dads who have made the career sacrifice feel about their decision? By Stuart Jeffries.
Working fathers want more time with their children too, says report
Guardian, 20 October 2009
Working fathers are struggling to juggle the competing demands of family and career, according to an EHRC report that shows that they are just as uneasy with their work-life balance as mothers.
Working dads have a rethink – hurrah!
Guardian, 20 October 2009
A report revealing that men also want help to balance jobs and fatherhood is cheering reading for all working parents. By Joanna Moorhead.
Reciprocal childcare allowed to continue
The Times (London), 13 October 2009
Ed Balls intervenes after jobshare police officers were told they were breaking the law.
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