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Extended paternity leave putting you off employing men?

Nicola Scowen — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:00:31 +0000

Pin It Shared Maternity leave – Great!!! Or is it? Over the last decade the rights to maternity leave have increased for women. They can now have up to 12 months off and have the right to return to the same job at the same level and on the same salary. It is no longer [...]

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Guestblog: Russian working mums

Special Guest — Sun, 16 May 2010 09:00:41 +0000

Pin It Love it or hate it, but such is our culture formed under the influence of the years of “socialism” followed by “perestroyka” or whatever it’s called now: most women here do work. Married or unmarried, mums or not – the society expects us to work, just as it expects us to be equal [...]

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Why do women find it so hard to go back to work?

BianSalins — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:00:21 +0000

Pin It Why do women find it so hard to go back to work? Image by Getty Images via Daylife When I had my first son I was under a lot of pressure to make a choice. Stay at home and be a full time mum or relish my maternity leave and go back to [...]

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Is it too risky to employ young women?

JaneHatton — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:00:32 +0000

“It’s too risky to employ young women” In my last blog I talked about the stereotypes which might affect the chances of women being employed or promoted in the workplace. Let’s examine for a moment the reluctance to employ young women in case they get pregnant, or in case they have time off to look [...]

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New Year, new resolution and new job

Lynn Tulip — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:00:54 +0000

It’s mid January, festivities are over for another year and it’s back to work and back to school. Perhaps one of your resolutions is to return to work since it might be the end of maternity leave. Whatever the reason for a career break returning to the workplace is often not as easy as it [...]

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