It’s like the historical policies that govern these routines emerged from a system where there was always a mammy at home
Career breaks are taken for various reasons, but their availability is vital to for those taking leave for care-related reasons. Photograph: Agency stockemployees have been on breaks of five years or longer have prompted some eye rolling and a fair amount of cynicism in some quarters.
Career breaks are taken for various reasons, but their availability is vital for those taking leave for care-related reasons. Carers leaving employment completely to accommodate caring obligations face serious barriers when they attempt to re-enter the workforce.
And similar arguments can be made for flexible and remote working. Given that most schools begin at 9am and most childcare opens from 8am/8.30am, dropping children off at a reasonable time and arriving in jobs that mandate in-person attendance at that same timeIt’s almost like the historical policies that govern these routines emerged from a system in which there was always a mammy at home to pick up the slack.
Up to above the 70th centile of earnings , public sector women are out-earning their private sector counterparts, and it’s only in the top 30 per cent that there’s a wage penalty for being public instead of private.
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