For years, employers framed flexibility as temporary, informal, or exceptional. But for many working parents — especially mothers — flexible work became the infrastructure that made paid work possible.
A recent BC Supreme Court decision, Parolin v. Cressey Construction Corporation, reflects a growing legal recognition of that reality.
QUESTION: Did you always know you wanted Moms at Work to be an advocacy group?
Short and long – Moms at Work the way I envisioned it was an advocacy group first and all the other things later.
Question: What good practices have you heard about from companies who support mothers well as they return to the workforce after parental leave?
For where we are at with all the advances to parental leave I think return to work is still really poorly managed!
On September 9th, Allison Venditti joined Jill Dempsey on CBC’s Metro Morning to talk about the impact of return-to-office mandates. The segment begins with a