Mothers in the workplace – changing times
Most of us know that there have been many employment law changes which have focused on mother’s working rights and these have caused major changes in the work environment in England & Wales. It is sometimes difficult to know how these changes impact in reality, so a new survey from the Office for National Statistics is very welcome. The headline facts to come out of this were :-
- In 1996, there was a 5.8 % difference in the number of women working with and without children. By 2010 this had reduced to just 0.8 percent.
- the percentage of women working part time has remained stable over the last 15 years.
Reasons could include ageing population, older mothers, recession or alternatively new employment rights such as maternity leave.
