Mothers Work!: How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work

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You are entitled to raise any concern about your health and safety at work, and that of your child, with your employer and they are required to assess it. You might be an employee even if your employer or your contract says you’re self-employed. You might not be an employee if for example you work for an agency or you’re not guaranteed to get any work. Almost 3 in 10 mothers (28.5%) with a child aged 14 years and under said they had reduced their working hours because of childcare reasons. This compared with 1 in 20 fathers (4.8%). Some mothers choose not to work, or to work less hours while they are raising children. However, for many other women, they effectively have little or no choice. If they did not work, they would not be able to bring enough income to support their families. In April to June 2019, 3 in 4 mothers with dependent children (75.1%) were in work in the UK. This compared with 92.6% of fathers with dependent children.

motherswork was founded by Sharon Wong, on the principle that we live in a mom eccentric world. Established in Singapore in 1998, Mothers Work was created to partner mothers as they journey through parenthood; from the precious moments of discovering their pregnancies and holding their babies for the first time to seeing their children off to school, and all the little adventures in between. There were 1.8 million lone-parent families with dependent children in the UK in 2019. The majority (69.9%) of lone parents were in employment. For children aged 0 to 2 years, 35.4% of lone parents were in full-time employment. This increased to 66.0% of lone parents of 16- to 18-year-olds. You’ll need to have worked for your employer for at least 26 weeks by the end of the week where you get official notification.They also found that sons of working mothers had significantly more egalitarian gender attitudes, and were more supportive of women’s engagement in the labour market. They also shared responsibilities better in household work.While girls were more likely to benefit, boys did not experience any negative impact from having a working mother.

If you meet their criteria, your employer must legally consider your request seriously, and only reject it if there are good business reasons for doing so. Striking a balance Your employer should already have assessed any potential risks to women of a childbearing age as part of their general risk assessment process. The Families and Households publication also has useful information relevant to this release, including trends in living arrangements for families (with and without dependent children), people living alone and people in shared accommodation, broken down by size and type of household:

Do you wish you could get paid for staying home and taking care of your kids? Opening your own at home daycare is the next best thing! With the outrageous cost of childcare, there are many working parents seeking a trustworthy and budget-friendly alternative. Figure 5 shows that almost half (47.8%) of all mothers worked in the public administration, education and health industry sector, compared with 42.3% of women without dependent children. This is potentially due to a perceived higher flexibility and family friendly policies in parts of this industry. In comparison with women, only 16.7% of fathers and 15.8% of men without dependent children worked in this industry. You can get more details of the shared parental leave and pay schemefrom GOV.UK. Adoption leave and pay