Garnem

Member Since: 10th May 2016

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Bio

Mandy Garner is managing editor of workingmums.co.uk and workingwise.co.uk. workingmums.co.uk is a jobs and news site on issues relating to gender equality and family friendly working and workingwise.co.uk focuses on over 50s.

Garnem

Managing editor Workingmums.co.uk

1st Mar 2018

What works for returner programmes?

Returner programmes have gathered momentum in the last few years as employers seek to plug skills gaps and recognise they are missing out...

Blog

6th Jul 2017

Supporting returners and dads at work

How to get greater diversity at all levels of an organisation is one of the big issues facing HR directors today and there is no shortage...

Blog

22nd Mar 2017

Sharing best practice

How do you recruit and retain the best talent? It’s the Holy Grail for many employers. Near the top of the list of factors employees...

Blog

8th Mar 2017

Gender diversity is important for everyone

Are employers ready to make the most of all their workers' skills in the coming years? In terms of women it is clear that there are a...

Blog

23rd Feb 2017

How do we get to workplace equality?

This week’s criticism by the Women and Equalities Committee of the Government’s approach to the gender pay gap highlighted some of the...

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12th Jan 2017

Does flexible working need to be reformed?

Is flexible working legislation fit for purpose or is it so weak as to be of little real use except to employers who would probably...

Blog

9th Sep 2016

Is there a backlash against flexible working going on?

It's probably inevitable. After overcoming initial resistance to flexible working - for instance, the then mayor of London Boris Johnson...

Blog

31st Aug 2016

Tackling the motherhood penalty

August seems to have been the month for reports on discrimination against working mums. Last week there was the Institute for Fiscal...

Blog

11th May 2016

Career progression with flex

Flexible working is great. All the research says it is what workers want. Yet a study out last week stated that women who work flexibly on...

Blog

What works for returner programmes?

Supporting returners and dads at work

Sharing best practice

Gender diversity is important for everyone

How do we get to workplace equality?

Does flexible working need to be reformed?

Is there a backlash against flexible working going on?

Tackling the motherhood penalty

Career progression with flex

Strike action: Law and HR response

Should employers be worried about monkeypox?

Closing the gender pay gap before 2042

Building critical skills