A report by the Resolution Foundation argues that the typical nursery day of 8am-6pm is at odds with changes to working life and the growing number of parents working at weekends and evenings.
At least one parent in three-quarters of families on low-to middle-incomes works hours outside the typical working day, the study found. The figure rises to nine in ten for families on higher incomes.
The growth of service industries - shops, hotels, restaurants, as well as health and social care – means that more parents are working atypical hours, the report says.
Thirty-seven per cent of UK employees worked in these sectors in 2008 and the UK has the highest proportion of employees regularly working at night in the EU.
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