June 21, 2022
Flexible working options can support women in the workplace
As of May 2022, more than one hundred years after the passage of the Sex Disqualification Removal Act – legislation which opened the workplace equally to women – more than half of the UK’s female professionals are at risk of leaving their jobs. As a recent study showed, 52 percent of women in the UK say they are either considering leaving or have already left a role due to lack of flexibility. The widespread nature of this “Flexidus” is chilling. The pandemic has already set back women’s participation in the workforce back 22 years behind men. How can businesses respond with the flexible working choices that many women are seeking? More →
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New polling, carried out to mark the start of 
Hybrid working could bring nearly four million people “locked out” from work such as parents, carers and disabled people into the workforce and enable part-time workers to work more hours adding £48.3bn to the UK economy each year, according to a new study by 
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A report published by single parent charity, 
Originally published in December 2014. Homeworking seems to have become a bit of a hot topic this year, but one sentence published on the 
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by Hina Belitz • Comment, Wellbeing