Employees can work for up to ten days whilst on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental leave without impacting their leave or pay. These are called Keeping in Touch days and are completely optional, agreed by both parties prior. But what can you expect from doing one of these days and why would you bother? Here is a guest blog, from … Read More
Returning to work after maternity leave – support is available!
“You don’t know what you don’t know” is a line which rings so true for me when it comes to returning to work after maternity leave. And I definitely didn’t know I was going to find it so hard. Looking for support and struggling five years ago was the catalyst for me to design and then launch Rock Your Return. A place … Read More
Dear Employer – feeling scared of telling the truth!
This Friday 13th April we come together to write to our previous (or perhaps current) bosses explaining how it really is to be a woman and mother in the workplace in a brand new campaign with Pregnant then Screwed – Dear Employer. Last year I wrote to my previous employer and it was an exceptionally cathartic process. There had been so … Read More