Nursery World - Working mums feel promotion out of reach

While the pandemic has brought some positive changes, many working mothers feel they are being held back from promotion, due to their caring responsibilities, according to a survey released to mark National Work Life Week.

4 in 10 working mums feel they have missed out on job promotion due to caring responsibilities PHOTO Adobe Stock

The charity Working Families surveyed 755 parents with children under 18, who were either working or on flexi-furlough in August.

Over one in five (22 per cent) said that there have been occasions when they have felt the need to hide the fact that they have taken time away from work for childcare reasons from their manager.

The survey also found that:

However, there were also reports that the pandemic has led to positive changes in working life, for 41 per cent of working parents surveyed who said that the pandemic has had a positive impact on workplace culture at their organisation.

Nevertheless, parents said they were concerned that these changes would only be temporary: more than a third (36 per cent) of working parents, and almost half (48 per cent) of carers say now that lockdown is over, they are concerned taking time off for caring needs will be frowned upon at work.

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