Media coverage on publications from the WAF project
2019
- January 16th, Interview with BBC Radio WM – on why flexible workers work longer unpaid overtime hours – listen here
- January 16th, paper coverage in Heart FM hear it here
- January 16th, paper coverage The Times “Flexible workers aren’t shirkers even when doing it from home“
- January 15th, press release “Flexible schedules cause part-time working mothers to work longer without pay” – covered by The Times, Workplace insight, Psy.org, Science daily, Workingmums, Business Standard, ZME science, Daijiworld, India TV, Millennium post, Telangana, News18, Tekk.TV, The Sentinel, Freepress journal and more
- January 10th, think piece the Conversation “Flexible working can reinforce gender stereotypes” republished in i newspaper, Yahoo News, Times of Malta, Menafn, Pakistan & Gulf Economist
2018
- December 15th paper coverage in Southeast Business “The flexible working debate splits opinions among staff and often leads to negative views“
- December 10th interview with KMFM on Flexibility stigma in the UK
- December 6th interview with BBC Radio Kent Drive Time on class systems in the UK
- December 4th press release “Negative views of flexible working prevalent especially among men” republished HR review, Psy.org, Workplace insights, Science daily Eurek Alert, Wellness daily
- November 14th, project coverage China.org “Pitfalls of flexible working revealed in new study“
- November 13th, ESRC news release “Flexibility not helping workers” *note I did not write that title.
- October 3rd, interview with Voice of Islam Radio Drive Time “Work-life balance and gender equality“
- September 21st paper coverage Manawatu Standard “The haves and have nots of flexible work place flexibility“
- September 20th Evening Standard interview “Emotional labour is the latest bit of wellness lingo — but what is it, and how can it be managed?”
- August 22nd think piece The HR Director Magazine “Flexible working stigma must end“
- August 20th BBC Radio Kent Drive Time interview “Worker surveillance and control”
- July 19th Slate Magazine interview with Oset Barbur “Is unlimited vacation bad for women/gender equality?” translated into French in Slate.fr
- July 14th interview with BBC Radio Kent Drive Time “Protests and Trump’s visit to the UK”
- July 10th Di Lei magazine mentioned in “Donne in carriera: più produttive dopo aver avuto i figli“
- July 9th interview with Mike Parr Radio Tees on Motherhood penalty, motherhood bonus and the importance of flexible working
- July 5th interview with Daily Mail “Do women become more productive after they’ve had children?”
- June 29th Interview with Billie JD Porter on Poverty among young people and stigma towards it for ThinkNation’s project Twist it: Changing the poverty narrative. (at 5:30 mark and again at 10:30)
- May 25th interview with BBC Radio Kent on TV watching (hear from 1:51:00 for the whole section, 1:54:25 for me..)
- May 25th interview/paper coverage in Franceinfo – on Future of work and flexibility (see from 43:45 for me, but about 40:00 onwards to see the whole section)
- May 14th Interview/paper coverage with ArbejdsMilo “Fleksibelarbejdstid påvirker kvinder og mænd forskelligt/Flexible working affects men and women differently”
- May 13th Market Watch “Working mothers who do this can help reduce the gender wage gap“/republished in Independent Women’s Forum
- April 8th think piece in Employee Benefits “Flexible working is crucial in addressing work life balance“
- April 4th, think piece in the Conversation “Why flexible working is key if shared parental leave is to have a lasting impact on the gender wage gap” republished in the World Economic Forum, Yahoo news, Phys.org, Eye Witness News and others
- March 13th, paper coverage in Salon “4 of the biggest myths about the gender pay gap“
- March 7th, paper coverage in Payscale “These workers are less likely to find family-friendly work arrangements
- February 15th American Banker “Women in Banking: Big banks mostly mum about sexual harassment policies“
- February 15th paper coverage in People Management “Workers on insecure contract less likely to have access to family-friendly benefits, study finds“
- February 8th Press release of the Estonian project from the Estonian Parliament “Eestis kasvabpaindliku tööaja ja kaugtöö trend (Flexible schedules and teleworking growing in Estonia)” – covered in various media in Estonia
- February 6th “Insecure workers less likely to have access to family-friendly benefits” US weekly, Phys.org, Eurek Alert, Science newsline, Iran daily, Longroom, Brightsurf science news, and others.
- February 5th New York Times interview/paper coverage “Even in Family-friendly Scandinavia, Mothers are paid less“, republished in the Toronto Star, Sante Fe New Mexican
- January 30th Slate Magazine “Women aren’t paid less because they have more flexible jobs“
- January 29th Paper coverage “Working in female-dominated workplaces ‘means worse access to flexible working arrangements’ the Scotsman, Yorkshire Post, Northamptonshire Telegraph, Lancashire post, Wakefield express , Larne Times, Shoreham Herald, Carluke Gazette and others
- January 25th CMI report coverage in the Times “Speak out on sexism and bias at the workplace, urge campaigners“, the Telegraph “85% of women have seen gender discrimination says new research” also covered in the BBC, Sky news, iTv etc.
- January 25th Paper coverage “Female dominated workplaces offer less flexible timing”, Yahoo India, The Times of India, Business Standard,Deccan Chronicle, NewKerala, Mid Day, Hindustan Times, the Gulf Today, India TV, and others
- January 24th Paper coverage “Working in female dominated workplaces mean worse access to flexible working arrangements” Phys.org, EurekAlert, Business Standard, Science Newsline, Workingmums, Workplace insights and others
- January 21st Press release of the Estonian project from the Estonian Parliament “Ülevaade töö tuleviku uuringuprojektist (An overview of the future of work project)”
2017
- December 10th Paper coverage on Corriere della Sera “Lo Smartworking aumenta la producttivita: Ecco le prove“
- October 27th Paper coverage on Slate “Flexible Work Alone Won’t Create Gender Equality, but These Things Might“
- October 26th, Better Life Lab Panel on “Redesigning Work: Making Flexibility the Solution, Not the Problem” (video on website)
- October 26th, interview with Yonder post cast “Remote work research“
- October 24th, interview with Slate Magazine “What Europe gets right – and what it gets wrong – about flexible working“
- August 29th, paper coverage Apolitical “How to close the gender pay gap in five difficult steps“
- August 28th, interview with 1 Million for Flexibility “Take 5: Heejung Chung on Work autonomy, flexible working, and work-life balance“
- August 23rd, paper coverage La Stampa “La flessibilità permette alle donne di mantenere il posto dilavoro dopo il parto“
- August 19th, paper coverage “Workplace flexibility may boost women’s careers after childbirth” by IANS – in Times of India, Prokerala, Economic times, Yahoo News India, NDTV and others
- August 18th, paper coverage “Workplace flexibility key to helping women maintain careers after childbirth”, in Psych Central, Psy Org, Health Medicine Network, Science Newsline, Workplace insight, Workingmums and others
- August 18th the Conversation “Want more women in top positions? Provide them with more flexibility at work” republished in Quartz, Yahoo News, Fair Observer, TVN , PsyOrg, Economica, Apolitical and others
- June 21st BBC Radio Kent Drive time with Dominic King interview on “Go Home on Time Day” (listen to the segment:
- June 2nd Ugebrevet “Fleksibel arbejdstid fører op til fem timers længere arbejdsuge med sig“
- April 27th Quartz “Flexible Working is Making Us Work Longer“
- April 1st Interview with Brigid Schulte “Why Your Best Productivity Hacks Still Come Up Short” FastCompany
- February 20th “Everyone Likes Flex Time, but We Publish Women Who Use It” Harvard Business Review, Kauppalehti and others..
2016
- December 28th, “Control over working hours leads to different outcomes for mothers and fathers” Workplace insight
- November 15th, “Better childcare provision increases public support for the service” – EurekAlert, PsysOrg, Health Medicinet, Scienmag and others
- November 14th, the Conversation “What Britain can learn from Scandinavia when it comes to childcare“, republished in Yorkshire Evening Post, Sheffield Telegraph, Doncaster Free Press, News Yorkshire
- November 8th, Daily Mail interview “Moms who pay to go to work“
- October 5th, BBC Radio Kent, interview with Dominic King as a part of the Go home on time day
- October 4th, 1 Million for Flexibility blog Research Explainer on our ESR paper
- September 14th, coverage in the Times of India “The Dark Side of Flexible Working Hours“
- September 9th, two papers mentioned in BBC.com/BBC Capital “The Curse of Flexible Work”
- Translated into Indonesian, Mandarin/Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- September 5th, paper coverage Die Zeit ” Wechsel auf Gleitzeit bringt Männern mehr Gehalt – den Frauen aber nicht“, also in der Standard, in HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine “Wechsel auf Gleitzeit bringt nur Männern mehr Gehalt” and others
- September 3rd, paper coverage in Der Speigel “Arbeitszeit: Frauen in Nachteil“, 6th of September Spiegel Online “Flexible Arbeitszeiten: Wechsel auf Gleitzeit bringt Männern mehr Gehalt – Frauen nicht“
- August 24th, paper coverage in the Washington Post “Flexible schedules reward dads not moms” – republished in the LA Times, World Economic Forum, Miami Herald and 20+others
- August 24th, paper coverage in WorkingMums blog “The Motherhood penalty“
- August 20th, paper coverage in Hindustan Times “Men reap more benefits of flexitime than women, says study“
- August, paper coverage in Portuguese, Mandarin/Chinese, Greek, Swedish, Dutch, Turkish
- August, 18th the Conversation “Flexible working is making us work longer” – republished in Fortune Magazine, in the Daily Mail, Scroll.in, along 20+ others
- August 25th, translated into German Netzpiloten Magazin “Flexibles Arbeiten lässt uns länger schuften” republished in Der Freitag and others
- September 15th, translated into French the Conversation.FR “La flexibilité du temps de travail est-elle un piège ?“, republished in La Tribune and in SudOuest
- May 2nd 2017 republished in Japanese in NewSphere”フレックスな働き方が私たちの労働を長時間化させる“, and livedoor “「柔軟な労働」をすると働く時間は増加する“
- March, 13th Kent on Sunday, “EU Referendum: Senior Lecturer explains worker’s rights debate“
- March 8th, BBC Radio Kent, interview with Dominic King as a part of the International Women’s Day celebration (listen)
- February 9th, Mc Ginley news (Making flexible hours work in the infrastructure industry)
2014
- September 24th, BBC Radio Kent interview with Julia George as a part of work-life balance week (listen)
- September 22nd, The Conversation “Does work leave you tired, stressed with no time for family? You’re not alone“
- June 27th, The Conversation “In reality, new ‘flexible working’ rights could mean longer days and less family time“
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