Most mothers never go back to full-time work, survey shows
2 years, 2 months ago

Most mothers never go back to full-time work, survey shows

Dutch News  

Most working women who cut back on their hours when they have children never return to a full time job, according to research by the government’s socio-economic think-tank SCP. ‘And that includes in healthcare and education, where a lot of women are employed.’ The SCP studied mothers whose youngest child was aged between eight and 24. Half of the women in the survey increased their hours once their children required less looking after but only one third worked as much as they did before their children were born. Earlier this year, government advisory group SER said teachers, care workers and defense staff must be motivated to work longer hours in the short term to avoid staff shortages in future.

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Women are twice as likely as men to be unavailable for paid work
1 month, 1 week ago

Women are twice as likely as men to be unavailable for paid work

NL Times  

A recent report by the Netherlands' Emancipation Monitor 2024 reveals that twice as many women as men are not actively seeking or available for work. In 2023, 17 percent of women between 15 and 65 who were not in school were neither employed nor available for work, compared to 8 percent of men. Women with partners were nearly four times …

"Me time" tops list of reasons not to have a full time job
1 month, 1 week ago

"Me time" tops list of reasons not to have a full time job

Dutch News  

Some 17% of women last year were not working or looking for a job, more than double the percentage of men in the same position, national statistics agency CBS said on Thursday. Some 75% of men said ill health was the main reason they were not looking for work, but only 55% of women overall cited being unable to work …

Seven in 10 Dutch women are now financially independent
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Seven in 10 Dutch women are now financially independent

Dutch News  

Some 70% of women in the Netherlands are now able to support themselves financially, compared with just 20% when the survey was first carried out in 1977, according to new research by national statistics agency CBS. In the 1980s, 90s and 00s there was still a dip in women’s economic independence around the age of 25 but this has now …

Seven in 10 Dutch women are now financially independent
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Seven in 10 Dutch women are now financially independent

Dutch News  

Some 70% of women in the Netherlands are now able to support themselves financially, compared with just 20% when the survey was first carried out in 1977, according to new research by national statistics agency CBS. In the 1980s, 90s and 00s there was still a dip in women’s economic independence around the age of 25 but this has now …

Closing the gender pay gap in the workforce
1 year, 2 months ago

Closing the gender pay gap in the workforce

The Hindu  

When women were missing from the labour force, that was because they were home caring for children; when they were paid less than men, that was because they had lower education than men. A name and a voice When Betty Friedan wrote in 1963 about college-educated women who were frustrated stay-at-home mothers, she noted that their problem has “no name.” …

Over 70,000 day-care programs at risk of closure, threatening U.S. women’s workforce gains
1 year, 3 months ago

Over 70,000 day-care programs at risk of closure, threatening U.S. women’s workforce gains

LA Times  

More than 3 million children may lose their spots at day-care centers after federal child-care funding from the pandemic era expires Sept. 30. “To maintain the labor force participation gains that we’ve made among prime-aged women, we need to ensure that women don’t lose access to child care,” said Sara Estep, associate director of the Women’s Initiative at the Center …

Government starts campaign to encourage women to work longer hours
1 year, 8 months ago

Government starts campaign to encourage women to work longer hours

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has launched a new campaign to encourage women between the ages of 30 and 60 to work more hours a week. ‘You can be free by working more, by having a career and by being more financially independent, and women are often not aware of this.’ The wage gap between men and women has shrunk slightly in …

Government starts campaign to encourage women to work longer hours
1 year, 8 months ago

Government starts campaign to encourage women to work longer hours

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has launched a new campaign to encourage women between the ages of 30 and 60 to work more hours a week. ‘You can be free by working more, by having a career and by being more financially independent, and women are often not aware of this.’ The wage gap between men and women has shrunk slightly in …

Why women are failing to fulfill their potential
1 year, 9 months ago

Why women are failing to fulfill their potential

Dutch News  

Economist Sophie van Gool says consultants who tell women to work ‘a few extra hours’ are not getting the whole picture. Despite this, the theoretical solution of ‘a few extra hours’ is being tirelessly repeated by a former McKinsey partner, whose foundation is being propped up by a €7.1 million subsidy from the social affairs ministry. The main reason these …

Why women are failing to fulfill their potential
1 year, 9 months ago

Why women are failing to fulfill their potential

Dutch News  

Economist Sophie van Gool says consultants who tell women to work ‘a few extra hours’ are not getting the whole picture. Despite this, the theoretical solution of ‘a few extra hours’ is being tirelessly repeated by a former McKinsey partner, whose foundation is being propped up by a €7.1 million subsidy from the social affairs ministry. The main reason these …

Most mothers never go back to full-time work, survey shows
2 years, 2 months ago

Most mothers never go back to full-time work, survey shows

Dutch News  

Most working women who cut back on their hours when they have children never return to a full time job, according to research by the government’s socio-economic think-tank SCP. ‘And that includes in healthcare and education, where a lot of women are employed.’ The SCP studied mothers whose youngest child was aged between eight and 24. Half of the women …

New approach needed to bring women with older kids into the workforce: SCP
2 years, 2 months ago

New approach needed to bring women with older kids into the workforce: SCP

NL Times  

The government should focus more on mothers with children who are older and more independent when encouraging women working part-time to work more hours. The Social and Cultural Planning Office believes this would increase the labor supply but added that it would require a new approach. But women with older children make up half of all women working part-time, according …

New parents are entitled to more paid leave, but is it enough?
2 years, 4 months ago

New parents are entitled to more paid leave, but is it enough?

Dutch News  

An expansion of the paid parental leave system comes into effect for new parents in the Netherlands from Tuesday, allowing mothers and partners to take off nine weeks paid at 70% of their daily rate up – to a maximum of €155 a day. This replaces part of the unpaid leave system through which parents can also take off a …

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show
3 years, 5 months ago

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show

Dutch News  

Two more surveys on home working in the Netherlands again demonstrate that the practice is likely to continue once the coronavirus pandemic is under control, with the support of both employers and members of staff. The government’s socio-cultural think-tank SCP also published a report on home working on Wednesday which showed working at home allowed people to better balance their …

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show
3 years, 5 months ago

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show

Dutch News  

Two more surveys on home working in the Netherlands again demonstrate that the practice is likely to continue once the coronavirus pandemic is under control, with the support of both employers and members of staff. The government’s socio-cultural think-tank SCP also published a report on home working on Wednesday which showed working at home allowed people to better balance their …

Working women suffer as covid-19 empties classrooms across the world
3 years, 5 months ago

Working women suffer as covid-19 empties classrooms across the world

Live Mint  

After a long winter lockdown that included months of homeschooling, Annie Barratt hoped to concentrate on her career. Barratt’s situation is an increasingly common one across the UK, where covid-19 cases are now at their highest since January and many thousands of schools are sending children home into mandatory self-isolation. “This not surprisingly is having a disproportionate impact on not …

Women are Working as Helpers in Family Businesses Without a Pay, Here's Why this Needs to be Addressed
3 years, 9 months ago

Women are Working as Helpers in Family Businesses Without a Pay, Here's Why this Needs to be Addressed

News 18  

In September 2020, when the first National Level Time Use Survey data of India, published by the National Statistical Office revealed that the average time spent in unpaid domestic and caregiving services by men and women are 36 minutes and 280 minutes, respectively, it confirmed the open secret that we all knew, but seldom talked about: women spend a disproportionately …

Bridging gender pay gap, paternity leave mooted to boost women’s work
3 years, 10 months ago

Bridging gender pay gap, paternity leave mooted to boost women’s work

The Hindu  

The Economic Survey has rooted for paternity leave and suggested bridging the gender pay gap as part of a larger institutional support system to encourage participation of women in the labour force and highlighted that women shouldered much higher amount of unpaid care work than men. “In order to incentivise more women to join into the labour force, investment in …

One in Two Working Women Suffer from Pandemic Stress, Provide Full-time Childcare
4 years, 3 months ago

One in Two Working Women Suffer from Pandemic Stress, Provide Full-time Childcare

News 18  

New Delhi The Covid-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on the emotional well-being of working women in India as nearly one in two of them are experiencing more stress or anxiety, a new survey said on Thursday. Worryingly, more than two in five working mothers are working outside their business hours to provide childcare, nearly twice as many men, …

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