Parents ‘penalised’ for working part time, with long hours culture now the norm
The UK’s working parents are penalised for working part-time and suffer from poorly-designed jobs that force them to work extra hours, according to a major new study. The 2019 Modern Families Index, published by Working Families and Bright Horizons, reveals that parents working part time – most of whom are women – have just a 21% […]
One in five UK parents struggle to balance work and home life
New research by the 2018 Modern Families Index, published by work-life charity Working Families and childcare provider Bright Horizons, has found that one in five parents have deliberately slowed career progression because of the struggle to balance responsibilities. Many parents feel that they are being pushed to “breaking point” by employers, with 40% claiming that […]
