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It’s the last #HRGamechangers update of 2024 – the newsletter for HR, talent and inclusion professionals who want to affect positive social change. Read: the latest on the Employment Rights bill | How flexible working can help resolve the recruitment & retention crisis in the childcare sector | Meet Nikunj Upadhyay, Head of DEI at Wates Group | Improving work design for happier, healthier and more productive teams …as well as interesting reads and upcoming events. #FlexibleWorking #HR #Talent #Inclusion #DEI

Read our latest blog - all about sharing our report on flexible working in the childcare sector with Early Years experts... via Nicola Pease

Amy Butterworth from Timewise explains how forward-thinking employers can get a head start on improving work-life balance ahead of some of the changes that are coming through the Employment Rights Bill: https://ow.ly/KBYG50UkHPh

Really lovely to see our work described in these terms. Thank you Simon Long

Facing a talent exodus? Claire Campbell FCIPD is quoted in People Management magazine, on mass enforced office returns & the impact on attrition: https://lnkd.in/e6JbSPrX

It's always great to spend time with people that are focused on solutions, so the Early Education and Childcare Coalition was delighted to co-host a private roundtable with Timewise today on how to make flexible working work in the early years. The #ChildcarePioneers report by the brilliant team at Timewise finds that over 17,000 staff could be recruited through increased flexible working - half the number required to meet the demand created by the expansion of the new entitlements. This supports our own research with University of Leeds last year which found that almost all of those who had recently left the sector would return under the right conditions. We heard from settings about how to manage multiple requests for flexibility and, critically, how to maintain consistency for children. But above all else, important reminders from Neil Leitch and June O'Sullivan OBE about the absolute necessity of supporting the wellbeing of the early years workforce. Thanks to those settings that took up our invitation to join the conversation, as well as coalition partners and colleagues at the Department for Education for joining. Early Years Alliance Dingley's Promise Catherine McLeod MBE London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) Nicola Pound Trades Union Congress (The TUC) Zoe Raven Abby Jitendra Katie Oliver Lucie Stephens Claire Reindorp Young Women's Trust Caroline El-Semman Childbase Partnership Ltd Stephanie Newman David Bridson Flora Wilkie Beatrice Merrick Early Education

How do we tackle the big divide between the flexible haves and have nots?   Refreshing to see some practical recommendations for flexible working on the frontline at Timewise's roundtable today. It's far from easy, but their two year pilot has shown that flex is do-able even in over-stretched and under-resourced childcare settings, with huge implications for staff recruitment and retention. Our own research at Young Women's Trust highlights the critical importance of flexible working to young women, many of whom are flexible ‘have nots’ in the care, retail and education sectors.   As Timewise’s flex pilots have shown in a wide range of workplaces, practical initiatives such as more staff-led rostering, changes to job design, supportive HR teams and skilling up line managers makes some level of flex possible for everyone. Read their latest excellent report here: https://lnkd.in/euKUQsTE #ChildcarePioneers #FlexibleWorking #AnEqualWorldOfWork

The report highlighted that while we need to take as much care of the staff as we do of the children we also need to ignite a deeply philosophical conversation about the role of #care in society. This conversation needs to start with pregnancy, small children and go all the way to old people. Care is the glue that holds a compassionate society together. We cannot keep pushing policies to resolve political positions without addressing the underpinning philosophy that will create the cultural norms that will see the policies succeed for everyone. Timewise Stephen Morgan MP

The number of over 65s in work has risen since the early 2000s and more than doubled among women, a new study has found. Those aged 50-64 years old were also more likely to be working, with 78% of men and 69% of women economically active versus 74% and 58% 20 years ago. Interestingly, the numbers of women over 50 working part-time have been declining, while the numbers of men doing so - are rising. Episode 5 of our podcast, 'Part-time Works' is all about how good part-time work can transform lives and change your path. One of our guests, Professor Richard Lanyon-Hogg, talks about how part-time work has enabled him to spend more time with his grandchildren, undertake a 'self-renovation' and also pursue his love for the natural world, through an incredible sustainability project he runs in Wales. Please do take a listen. It's a reminder that, with longer lives stretching before us, anyone will be more than just one 'thing', and how part-time working can sometimes allow for that vital exploration, and discovery. https://lnkd.in/eukmbJtq #NationalOlderWorkersWeek #Timewise #PhoenixInsights

What we've been up to lately... ... with thanks to the excellent Astrid Allen.