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Neediest mothers denied flexible working
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
23 July 2008
Flexible working arrangements are not accessible to the parents who need them most, such as lone or low-paid mothers, new research has found.
A survey of 2,000 mothers of children aged 12-18 months by the National Centre for Social Research, presented at a conference on Tuesday, found that single mothers, low-paid mothers or those working for companies without trade union recognition were much less likely than other mothers to have access to part-time work, job sharing, flexible working hours and home working. The report said, 'A substantial proportion of these mothers did not seem to have access even to arrangements...
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