News and research: Research

Women with children at work – what every employer needs to know

By Anna Hayward

First published in Maternity Matters, Managing Maternity's newsletter, in March 2006

Equal Opportunities Commission 2005
Part-time is no crime – so why the penalty?
EOC research study - views on childcare, maternity and paternity leave, flexible working and attitudes to part-time workers, carers and pensions. January 2005.

Harvard Business Review 2002
Executive Women and the Myth of Having it All
Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Harvard Business Review, April 2002

Harvard Business Review 2005
Off- Ramps and On-Ramps – Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success
Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce
Harvard Business Review, March 2005

Equal Opportunities Commission 2004
Tip of the iceberg
Interim report of the Equal Opportunities Commission’s investigation into discrimination against new and expectant mothers in the workplace
September 2004

Part-time is no crime – so why the penalty?
Interim report of the Equal Opportunities Commission’s investigation into flexible and part-time working, and questions for consultation.
February 2005