Companies really need to be implementing a consistent policy on maternity leavers and returnees. We conducted a “Return to Work” survey in October last year and a staggering 58% of respondents stated that their company did nothing to help them return to work confidently. With The Tribunals Service estimating...

Soon to be a first time mum I have found it relevantly easy to juggle my work with motherhood. I acknowledge that this is because I am a master of my own time and have the ability to schedule my work around antenatal appointments and the sickness of early pregnancy. Not many working mothers are able...

Strange though it is, we still grapple with the subject of barriers to women reaching the top. Last century’s commentators talked of women facing the “glass ceiling” where their ambitions for the top jobs seemed to be capped by the invisible forces of workplace culture and discrimination. Mummy track...

Name of weekly column: Speechly Speak This week's contributor: Eliza Nash solicitor, Speechly Bircham Dragon Den's Theo Paphitis’ recently made his attitude to pregnant women combining their careers with families and their ability to cope with the two very clear. Commenting on women running his...

Name of weekly column: Speechly Speak This week's contributor: Eliza Nash solicitor, Speechly Bircham Dragon Den's Theo Paphitis’ recently made his attitude to pregnant women combining their careers with families and their ability to cope with the two very clear. Commenting on women running his...