The growing influence of work/life balance on business
“Parenting is about more than mothers. Fathers want to spend more time with their children and they are facing the same issues about how to balance work and family life.”
“I see a country where more children grow up with security and love because family life comes first....I see a country where it is not just about the quantity of money but the quality of life.”
“People aspire to work for employers with good employment practices, and to feel valued at work. To be competitive, organisations need to derive the best contributions from everyone. Creating an open and inclusive workplace culture in which everyone feels valued helps to recruit and retain good people.”
“The business case for making the most of our women’s skills is clear - enabling women to move into higher paid-occupations and roles could be worth between £15 billion and £23 billion a year to the UK economy.”
"By investing time, money and energy into enhancing the skills of women we all gain. The economy will recover; we will have a better educated and better skilled workforce able to take advantage of the opportunities that arise. This can only be beneficial to the workplace and for society as a whole.”
Meg Munn MP, Former Minister for Women,
Maternity Unlimited Advisory Board member, June 23rd 2009.
“Over the past four decades, the proportion of women in employment has grown markedly. At the start of 1971, the employment rate for women was 56 per cent compared with70 per cent in the three months to December 2008. This increase compares with a similar-sized decrease in the employment rate for men over the same period, with the male employment rate falling from 92 per cent to 78 per cent.”
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