Following on from last week’s Maternal Mental Health Campaign, we’re keeping the focus on working parents. We say working parents, but there will be a specific focus on working mums for reasons we’ll delve into during this blog. Work-life balance isn’t just about time; it’s about having the energy – physical and mental – and […]
Three Nordic countries, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, have been ranked as the best countries for a parental work-life balance according to research by Remote. Its survey assessed conditions in 20 countries and analysed factors that impact working parents including parental leave, annual leave entitlement, childcare costs and access to healthcare. The study found that Norway […]
Two-fifths (42%) of working parents admitted to looking for alternative work in 2024 with higher pay and better family life support, an increase of four percentage points on 2023, according to research by childcare provider Bright Horizons. Its annual Modern families index, which surveyed more than 3,000 working families, found that the number of employees […]
Work-life balance is the top factor that working parents consider when looking for a job, with 70% citing this, according to new research. Commissioned by the Department for Education’s Teach in Further Education campaign, the survey consisted of responses from 1,002 working parents in England, who work both full- and part-time and all have children […]
Two in five (39%) working parents of children under 18 would like mental health support in the workplace, according to new research from Working Families and Bright Horizons. The findings, released to coincide with National Work Life Week (2-6 October), revealed that 89% of working parents believe access to flexible working arrangements has or would […]
Our third blog on supporting parents in the workplace explores how you can help your employees save on back-to-school essentials through our discounts platform and employee cashback card. Purchasing everything children need for school is expensive, but from shoes and clothing to new pencils – we can help relieve the financial burden. “The average cost […]
With around half its workforce made up of parents, e-learning organisation VinciWorks took the decision back in 2017 to offer employees the ability to self-manage their holiday policy, without having to formally book time off work. Josh Goodhardt, chief executive officer of VinciWorks, says: “The idea is that the more freedom we give employees, the […]
European technology firm Freepik, which specialises in producing and distributing graphic and audio-visual resources, offers all of its employees with dependent children total flexibility with their time to balance childcare responsibilities with their work. The firm, which has 568 employees located across Spain, UK, Denmark and Colombia, reviews this on a quarterly basis to ensure […]
Almost four in 10 working parents plan to look for a new job in the next 12 months, according to research. The 2022 Modern families index spotlight report found that 38% of workers with children under the age of 18 have jobhunting on the agenda this year. Back-up care and nursery provider Bright Horizons’ annual […]
Working parents who split their employment time between home and a formal workplace are less likely to experience mental health difficulties than those stuck in one or the other, according to research. Youth mental health charity Stem4 surveyed 1,038 working parents and carers across the UK to mark Parent Mental Health Day on 27 January […]
Being a working parent is something to be proud of, and yet many working mums and dads feel it’s in their best interest to keep quiet about this large part of their lives. For working dads, even those at C-suite level have spoken up about feeling pressured to prioritise their work over their family. And […]
Seven in eight UK financial sector workers who are nonparents agree that employers should provide support to working parents, according to a survey conducted by Bubble For Work. When the pandemic first hit, news headlines were filled with stories of working parents struggling to cope with homeschooling, and an alarming exodus of working mums from […]