The Fawcett Society recently released the briefing note for Equal Pay Day: Making Flexible Working the Default.
Our evidence shows that:
- 40% of women who aren’t currently working said that access to flexible work would mean they could take on more paid work (32% of men who aren’t working and 37% of people overall said the same)
- Women were significantly more likely to report working part-time (27%) compared to men (14%)
- Men were more likely to report having access to more desirable forms of flexible work—for example working term time only (outside of an education setting) (21%), working as part of a job share (18%), working a number of set hours flexibly across the year (15%) or working to commissioned outcomes (10%).
- 77% of women agreed that they would be more likely to apply for a job that advertises flexible working options.
