Fatherhood
Flexible working was key to Ethan becoming the dad he wanted to be
Ethan initially turned to flexible working to smooth his gender transition but it proved... read more
Work Life Balance
Welcome to workingdads Work Life Balance archive. Here you can find articles about the holy grail of work life balance, how to achieve it and what the challenges are. Plus you can read about other working parent’s daily lives with a range of blogs.
Fatherhood
From the editor: Goldman Sachs shows culture trumps policies
When the boss of Goldman Sachs wrote off home working as an 'aberration' this week he... read more
Work Life Balance
What does the workplace of the future look like?
Inspiring art, Zoom rooms and enticing shared spaces could await working dads in the... read more
Flexible Working
Working parents hit by ‘cycle of fatigue’
New study finds employees reporting huge levels of stress and working parents in... read more
Fatherhood
Free resources to help parents and pupils deal with homeschool stress
Education software company Tes is making some of its resources available to free to help... read more
Paternity Leave
From the editor: Mental health in lockdown
This week's mental health awareness events were timely. Working dads can speak to each... read more
Flexible Working
Number of flexible jobs trebles in a year
New research has found a huge increase in the number of roles advertised as flexible. Good... read more
Fatherhood
From the editor: Barack backs our cause
The change of personnel in the White House next week is an opportunity to progress the... read more
Employment Rights
Who qualifies as a key worker?
Government guidance sets out which working dads are classed as key workers, and can... read more
Paternity Leave
Tim’s Shared Parental Leave shows Lord Mayor is a modern employer
The Lord Mayor is a modern employer
Tim Wainwright has advice for dads and employers after taking Shared Parental Leave from... read more
Work Life Balance
Four day week lets dads ‘participate in care’
Activists are calling for a four day week, surveys show it's popular and Andrew Barnes... read more
Work Life Balance
From the editor: Change can happen but we must act
Just when we all need a bit of hope, up steps Barack Obama read more
Paternity Leave
Working dads: Building back better
Here's the findings of our series on how men have coped in 2020. And we're asking for your... read more
Fatherhood
From the editor: empathy may be word of the decade
Our editor reckons whoever picks the word of the year got it wrong when they chose... read more
Flexible Working
Anchor days and the watercooler conundrum
'War of the Worlds' webinar hosted by law firm CMS tackles the next normal including new... read more
Fatherhood
Covid and the childcare divide
Amy Downes draws on her own experience to consider if working dads will do more childcare... read more
Fatherhood
More working dads needed for research into 2020 stress
Global project measuring stress and loneliness caused by the pandemic needs more working... read more
Work Life Balance
Flexible working advocate wins the White House
Joe Biden's been a working dad for decades, and a memo dating from his last stint in the... read more
Flexible Working
Presenteeism still a problem as pandemic continues
Huge new survey finds working dads among the best at resisting presenteeism but not... read more
Fatherhood
Our survey findings capture working dads experience of 2020
2020 has been a tough year for working dads but our new survey finds that many are taking... read more
Fatherhood
From the editor: Power Rangers to the rescue
The Power Rangers aren't renowned for being profound. Yet they taught our editor some... read more
