Nursery World - Working parents air concerns over 'backward slide' for family life

Research from Working Families reveals the extent to which parents are worried about juggling their jobs with childcare and other responsibilities, when restrictions are lifted.

Working Families is calling on employers to advertise all jobs as flexible PHOTO Adobe Stock

A new briefing for Working Families’ #FlexTheUKcampaign, with Wates Group, shows concern from many parents about a backward slide to less flexible work, and a desire to keep the positive changes that the pandemic has brought for their family life.

It is based on responses to an online You Gov poll carried out between 20-23 May from 1,043 parents of children aged 18 and under, of which 839 have been working during the pandemic

Jane van Zyl, CEO of Working Families, said, ‘This polling sends a strong message to employers that if they want to reach a more diverse talent pool, including from the 13 million working parents in the UK today, they need to be building flexible working into jobs from the start.

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