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This paper seeks to identify parameters for a politically achievable paid leave proposal, using polling and interviews to illustrate what an approach to paid leave that puts parents first might [...]

A mother should be able to live the best of both the worlds – a successful career and a happy family. [Zarafshan Shiraz – The Hindustan Time, 3 March 2022.] READ MORE

All the policies supporting motherhood will fail if the corporate culture is hostile. [Emma Jacobs – Financial Times, 26 February 2022.] READ MORE

The global pandemic, involving restrictions on movement, social distancing and the displacement of many work activities to the home, has created an upsurge of interest in changes in the [...]

Creating a workplace and an economy that acknowledges the demands of caregiving can help ensure our post-Covid-19 recovery for issues relating to women returning to the workforce. [Sreekanth [...]

Societal, organisational, institutional and psychological factors that explain why time poverty is often under appreciated, while reducing it is key to promote psychological and economic [...]

In search of flexibility and autonomy, knowledge workers say the ability to be their own boss is a main driver for joining the freelance economy. [Paro News, 25 January 2022.] READ MORE

Both private companies and the government must clean up their act if they want to make sure we can’t talk of another lost decade. [Ananya Bhattacharya – Scroll, 27 December 2021.] READ MORE

To meet the challenges of this “hybrid” working mode, as the survey finds, further changes from management are needed, such as the co-ordination of schedules to encourage a sufficient degree of [...]

The pandemic has encouraged many professionals to reconsider their working patterns and fathers especially more interested in flexible work schedules so they can spend more time with their [...]