For employers: The Fatherhood Institute

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For employers

Articles about fathers in employment and at work, such as parental leave and other workplace issues, plus training and services for employers, including Fathers@ – a new intranet-based info service.

What good are dads – key findings

7 June 2001

The key points from the research published by Fathers Direct, NFPI, Working with Men and Newpin Fathers Support Centre on June 13 2001.

Response to report from Childcare Commission

Policy » For employers

19 April 2001

In response to the report from the Childcare Commission published today calling for greater support for families, Fathers Direct, the national information centre for fatherhood issued the following statement.

Lockdown Fathers: the untold story

News

Do government flexible work plans go far enough for dads?
The government’s new proposals around flexible working, outlined today – especially the plan to give people the right to request flexible working from day one in a job – are a step in the right direction.

Are dads too lazy around the house?
A comic strip by a French cartoonist, showing how mothers bear the ‘mental load’ of running the household, went viral last week.

New resource helps shared parental leave scheme celebrate 2nd birthday
We are delighted to have contributed to a new shared parental leave resource developed by Alliance Manchester Business School, Lancaster University School of Management and work-life balance charity, Working Families, which was launched to coincide with the second anniversary of the scheme.

‘Everything works against fathers’: UK dads feel work-life balance strain
The Women and Equalities Committee’s Fathers and the workplace is ongoing. You can read the first oral evidence to the enquiry, from 22 March, here.

Events

Training

Workplace seminars for dads and mums
The Fatherhood Institute (www.fatherhoodinstitute.org) is the world’s leading independent ‘think tank’ on fatherhood. We support both mothers and fathers as earners and carers.

Workplace courses and resources
Men have changed – they want to be fully involved, hands-on dads, not just chained to a life of breadwinning.

Fathers@ web package
Fathers@ is our customisable, web-based support package designed to help fathers stay engaged with their workplaces, while dealing with the joys and challenges of family life.

Why invest in Staying Connected?
Staying Connected addresses worries about men’s relationships with their children, which are leading causes of stress, anxiety, depression – and physical illness.

Case study: Staying Connected at BT
When BT began to look into the issues that affect the separated fathers it employs, it found that there was little support on offer.

Maternity

Early years

Schools

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