AS PART of a new frontier for the British welfare state, the Government wants to encourage more women to go to work while their children are looked after in council nurseries. There will be nine months' maternity leave, more flexible working hours for parents and pressure put on businesses to allow mothers to take time off if they have a child under 17 who is taking exams or is ill.
What is the work like? It is the job of a childminder to cater for the physical, educational, social and emotional needs of children in their care. They are based in their own home and aim to provide a warm, caring environment, along with stimulating play and learning activities. Childminders also plan, prepare and serve meals to the children and help with hand washing and toileting. Dealing with parents is important as childminders see them daily and share information about their child Are the hours long? Childminders negotiate their own hours but as they need to cater for working parents their hours are likely to be long. It is a flexible career that suits many different life styles and most full-time work is with babies and children under five. It is quite common for childminders to ...
It seems that every party has policies aimed squarely at families this election. The Conservative are offering tax perks to married couples, while Labour is promising to double paid paternity leave for four weeks.
..."Single parents don't earn that much money. I don't know what the ... he criticised ubiquitous plans for more flexible working hours for parents. "If the employer doesn'...
FIVE million extra people may soon enjoy the right to flexible working hours, it was announced yesterday. Currently, four million parents with children under six can ask employers for family-friendly schedules.
THIS week will see the Chancellor publish his Budget for growth. CBI members are vocal in stating that regulation and its impact on private and family-owned businesses prevents them from creating jobs and growing their businesses. SME firms employ 13.6 million people and grow at a faster rate than larger firms. SMEs are widely dispersed across all major sectors and are well-placed to contribute to the rebalancing of the economy.
... the right to have an annual review of flexible working arrangements, and to redistribute flexible...For instance, asking parents of older children to increase their hours to allow...
Parents with young children are being forced to accept salary cuts or a drop in job status if they ask for flexible working hours, a survey says. The poll, by charity Maternity Alliance, says 27pc of parents are worse off since the right to request flexible work was introduced a year ago
THE Equality Bill received Royal Assent on April 8 and became the Equality Act 2010. It will bring together different areas of discrimination within a single piece of legislation, and it's expected that the main provisions of the Act will come into force in October 2010, but this could change now there's a new Government.
... herself but alleged that she was refused flexible working hours to care for her disabled child when her colleagues who were parents of non-disabled children were not. She also allege...
Avid Cameron was exaggerating. He was exaggerating to make a point. He knows, and we know, that society as a whole is not broken. That would be a ludicrous assertion. Three teenagers may have been shot in London in recent weeks, with more shootings this weekend, but the Prime Minister was correct when he told Labour's spring conference: "What happened in south London is horrific, shocking and for their families tragic beyond belief. However... this tragedy is not a metaphor for the state of British society, still less for the state of British youth today, the huge majority of whom, including in that part of London, are responsible and law-abiding young people.
... through, but they cannot force parents to stay together. What they can do is to use the t...To this end Labour's introduction of flexible working hours for parents was welcome. But its eva...
WORKERS who care for elderly parents or disabled children could be given the right to flexible hours or be able to work from home under a proposed radical shake-up of the law. The changes are being sought by Trade and Industry Secretary Alan Johnson, who wants carers to have the same rights as the parents of young children who are able to demand changes to their working hours. According to the latest official figures there are 6.6million carers in the country, 3.5million of whom also have a job.
WELSH Labour Euro-MP Eluned Morgan last night tore into Business Secretary Lord Mandelson over his threat to withdraw proposals that would extend parents' right to request flexible working hours. Ms Morgan, who announced last week that she will be standing down from the European Parliament next year, said: "This review is short- sighted and misunderstands the needs of both parents and business. Flexible working for both fathers and mothers helps to retain talent and increase productivity, it reduces absenteeism and improves motivation.
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