WATCH I contributed to this webinar on how employers can help their people through the cost of living crisis. I explained how in-work poverty plays out in the UK today...
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READ Jacob Rees-Mogg’s appointment as Secretary of State has caused consternation on many fronts. Dubious climate credentials aside, his ideas about what makes a good boss mean his appointment has...
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READ Childcare is a critical problem for working parents. Employers need not leave support to the government - there are many interventions they can make, whatever their budget. The long...
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READ In the 20 years since UK fathers were given two weeks’ paid paternity leave, attitudes about fathers’ roles at home have changed considerably, yet what is on offer remains…
WATCH At the Rosa Fund summer conference I talked to Halaleh Taheri from the Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation about her successful campaign to ban virginity testing in the…
LISTEN I was interviewed by Jane Johnson for the Careering into Motherhood podcast. She got me thinking back about what has changed for working mothers over the past 40 years and what still has…
READ I enjoyed talking to Mandy Garner who interviewed me for WM People about trends in hybrid. I contrast grudging hybrid, hedged around with rules, with the approach that sees the well being, recruitment,…
WATCH The ever-insightful Jennifer Liston-Smith agreed to be cross-examined by me about this year’s Modern Families Index. I wanted to know more about the findings, and especially what we could…
READ More than 24 months since the pandemic hit, I explain how businesses should address the challenges brought by unexpected changes to working practices It’s two years since the first…
READ. You hit send. One micro-task off the list. And added to someone else’s. Next! Perhaps it is unsurprising that, prompted by lockdown experience, many organisations are turning to messaging...
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