36 % of mums working part time have seen a negative impact on their career prospects due to working fewer hours compared with 18 % of dads
Balancing work and home time
When balancing work with home , working mums continue to be more impacted than dads . Four in ten mums have changed jobs to spend more time with their children and 55 % of mums have reduced their working hours to be with their families compared with fewer than one in five dads having done either .
Parents on a lower income face more challenges when it comes to work . Working parents with children eligible for free school meals are more likely to experience workrelated challenges such as unpredictability of working days / hours , a request for flexible working being refused , an uncertainty of income and working fewer hours than they would like compared with working parents with children not eligible for free school meals .
36 % of mums working part time have seen a negative impact on their career prospects due to working fewer hours compared with 18 % of dads
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