Whilst on maternity leave I used keeping in touch (KIT) days and at the end of my maternity leave I was able to use my carry-over annual leave and bank holidays to transition back to work. Since then, bp introduced six weeks’ child time leave in the UK – which is exceptional....
Life doesn’t pause when you’re going through menopause. I still want to be dynamic in my meetings but I also want to go unnoticed. The pressure to succeed weighs heavily on my shoulders! In the last few months, I have begun to be vocal aboutmenopauseand how debilitating it can be at...
It is an empirical question as to which of these (or other) working patterns would be most effective at retaining high levels of productivity and well-being and whilst an important avenue for further enquiries are beyond the scope of this paper. The findings also contribute vital empirical ...
At typical day working on a project in the CBAs Institutional Banking & Markets is usually busy and can be confusing. For example your diary will be full of meetings and catch ups whilst the work-load stacks up. The best time to complete work in order to keep things moving is to WFH...
office live in dreamland a lot of the time and expect you to hit targets whilst not providing the tools for you to do so. Is good for the most part but every few years it dips and life gets hard. Doesn't usually last long and things get back on track. Overall a decent place to ...
Loved working there. Got on well with the colleagues I worked with. They didn’t extend the lease when due up, closed our offices and made most of us redundant. They knew they were going to do this before Covid hit the world. If I’d known, I would have applied for jobs whilst be...
Unfortunately after many years of extremely hard work, I was made redundant prior to returning back to work after maternity leave whilst my position was given to my maternity leave cover. This was very disappointing on the fact that I wasn't really given the chance to return to work on a ...
ACAS has also issued an updatedCode of Practiceon requests for flexible working (theCode). Whilst it does not have statutory force, Employment Tribunals will take the Code into account when considering relevant cases and so employers should generally follow the Code. The key points in the n...
further efforts to normalise flexible working for all genders. Furthermore, whilst state paternity and state maternity remain equal in compensation, some companies give mothers enhanced pay across the maternity leave period but this enhanced amount to fathers only for their two weeks paternity leave. ...
Some individuals under utilised whilst others over utilised. Success not rewarded. Pay is poor but they say there are great benefits that make up for that - would rather have the money and be able to afford to live. Holiday allowance recently reduced. I’ve done over 25 years service, had...