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Tina.Freed / 16 Nov 2015
A recent UK government backed report urged that the bonuses of City executives should be linked to whether or not they meet targets for the number of senior women appointed at a firm. The review of women in finance, led by the chief executive of Virgin Money, Jayne-Anne Gadhia, also...
Read moreTina.Freed / 16 Nov 2015
What’s the difference between Male & Female consultants? It’s an all too troubling reality, despite the amazing strides forward much created as a result of Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) led programmes that women are still lagging behind men when it comes to contracting and consultancy in...
Read moreTina.Freed / 17 Sep 2015
Media attention has recently focused on equal pay for women and the Government is currently in consultation about forcing companies to report the gender pay gap. A new Equality and Human Rights Commission Survey is also looking into an alleged 54,000 women losing their jobs because they are pregnant and many...
Read moreTina.Freed / 17 Sep 2015
In the first of a new series of columns written anonymously by a senior woman working in the European financial industry, Helen Highwater explains why the top role models for work-life balance are often the worst role models of all. As I read another profile of a City ‘supermum’, I...
Read moreTina.Freed / 16 Sep 2015
The UK economy has evolved since the recession and we have seen a new dynamism emerge emphasising employee flexibility. In fact, there has been a more than 20 per cent increase in the number of temporary / part time workers in the past five years. Businesses know success means being able to...
Read moreTina.Freed / 15 Sep 2015
More employees are requesting flexible working hours. However, which organisations have the right strategies and processes in place to actually be flexible? Flexible working legislation celebrated its first birthday on the 30th June. However, when it comes to real cultural change around flexibility and work/life balance, how far do...
Read moreTina.Freed / 14 Sep 2015
JAPAN’S economy is in free fall, struggling with a rapidly ageing population, declining productivity, and a low birth rate. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has a problem. His fundamental solution is to encourage more Japanese women to work. It’s an old-fashioned society, and the role of looking after children...
Read moreTina.Freed / 11 Sep 2015
One in five working mums have been forced to leave their jobs after their request to work flexibly was rejected, according to research. The survey with more than 2,300 working mothers revealed that 38 per cent of respondents still on maternity leave would not return to their jobs if flexible working wasn’...
Read moreTina.Freed / 11 Sep 2015
One in five working mums have been forced to leave their jobs after their request to work flexibly was rejected, according to research. The survey with more than 2,300 working mothers revealed that 38 per cent of respondents still on maternity leave would not return to their jobs if flexible working wasn’...
Read moreTina.Freed / 11 Sep 2015
Britain’s healthiest companies don’t want workers chained to their desks. Taking time out from work improves mental well-being and boosts long-term productivity. It may seem ideal for a company to have staff who never go home or use their holiday entitlement and who want to spend every evening...
Read moreTina.Freed / 10 Sep 2015
Netflix has been making waves with its new parental leave policy, offering unlimited leave for new mothers and fathers in the first year after their child’s birth or adoption. Julie Windsor, Managing Director at Talentia Software UK, discusses why more companies should be following Netflix’s lead and pushing...
Read moreTina.Freed / 10 Sep 2015
A survey of more than 1,000 working mums found almost every one of them would switch jobs if it gave her more flexibility. It found: – 95% of mothers would switch jobs for more flexibility; – Fewer than two thirds of mums who ask for flexible hours get them; – Almost two-thirds of mothers report...
Read moreTina.Freed / 07 Sep 2015
More than half of women in the UK planning to have children feel they would have to alter their career plans in order to have a child, according to a study led by YouGov. The main reason given by those who are likely to alter their career was emphatically given...
Read moreTina.Freed / 07 Sep 2015
More than half of women in the UK planning to have children feel they would have to alter their career plans in order to have a child, according to a study led by YouGov. The main reason given by those who are likely to alter their career was emphatically given...
Read moreTina.Freed / 03 Sep 2015
The financial services sector is a people industry, where talent is the most important resource. However, the industry is wasteful in its approach to the talent pool, drawing a majority of its executive and board members from a very small area of the population. A study by the National Council...
Read moreTina.Freed / 03 Sep 2015
A couple of questions for you… 1. Are you a Mum with children at school? 2. Do you have experience in the financial markets but have been out of work for a few years? 3. Do you feel the urge to reengage your numeric / social skills again without sacrificing family time? 4. Would you...
Read moreTina.Freed / 27 Aug 2015
For flexible working to be successful, company leaders need to adopt a “Can-Do” attitude to how and when work is done. If businesses want to move forward with the modern way of thinking, they need to let go of old habits and not be fearful. Flexible working can benefit them,...
Read moreTina.Freed / 27 Aug 2015
In the UK, women are on average paid less than men. The current pay gap between men’s pay and women’s pay is 19.1%, which means for every £1 a man earns, a woman earns 81p. New regulations under Section 78 of the Equality Act will require employers with more than 250 employees...
Read moreTina.Freed / 24 Aug 2015
Traditionally, flexibility, finance and seniority rarely go hand in hand, but the world of work is changing as companies begin to see the value in non-traditional roles. We are in the midst of a model shift in working practices: over a quarter of the UK’s total workforce is now...
Read moreTina.Freed / 21 Aug 2015
Katerina and Julianne, Co-founders of Women Returners, have been supporting women to return to work that works for them for the past ten years. These are the Top 10 tips they have distilled from their experience: Make sure you are ready to go back. There’s no point trying to find...
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