![With children off to school, all parents - but mostly women - are free to take the reins of their own careers again in September With children off to school, all parents - but mostly women - are free to take the reins of their own careers again in September](https://image.chitra.live/api/v1/wps/36ba7cb/b84c55bd-3f9c-47e1-9d1b-7c6a9e5751b3/2/iStock-Older-woman-talking-to-colleague-679x419.jpg)
With children off to school, all parents - but mostly women - are free to take the reins of their own careers again in September
‘Childcare’ is one of those words employers don’t quite know how to handle. On the one hand, your employee is celebrating a new phase of their life and you should celebrate with them; on the other, it means massive disruption to their working patterns.
Despite the progress made since the turn of the century in terms of shared parental leave and co-parenting, most of the childcare burden still falls on women. It's not unusual for new mothers' care...
To continue reading this article...
Join Computing
- Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
- Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
- Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
- Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
- Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
- Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders