Company flexibility key when employing working parents

Employers should concentrate on making workplaces more parent-friendly by “offering flexible working, encouraging more fathers to take up flexible working patterns, and sharing responsibilities between parents”, a spokesperson from the Family and Parenting Institute has said.

The statement follows new research published by Cambridge University, which suggests a waning level of confidence from working mothers, and concerns from both men and women that family life is likely to suff... (309 more words)

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