Find out about the #flextheUK campaign to make sure working parents are supported to find the right balance for their family and career.
A recent survey by Working Families has found that the overwhelming majority of working parents and carers don’t want their employer to return to business as usual after lockdown is lifted. The UK’s work-life balance charity has launched a #flextheUK campaign calling on the UK government and employers to extend the flexible working opportunities afforded some parents and carers during lockdown to all parents and carers. And we’re right behind this campaign to make sure working parents are supported to find the right balance for their family and career.
The COVID-19 lockdown has posed particularly difficult challenges for the UK’s 13 million working parents.
The COVID-19 lockdown has posed particularly difficult challenges for the UK’s 13 million working parents. During this time, one in seven workers across the UK have had to make changes to their work pattern to balance work, childcare and very often home-schooling requirements.
For those who have been able to carry on working during the crisis, there has been a huge shift in the way we work, with an estimated half to two-thirds of workers working from home at some point during the lockdown.
In their new report, Working Families’ explore parents’ and carers’ experiences of flexible working during the lockdown, and their plans and aspirations for flexible working after the lockdown.
Read more about Working Families survey and report here.
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