• It’s taken five years and I don’t really have the words. Today Flex Appeal made it into Parliament. Today my story, which is your story made it to the House of Commons. Your story of having your flexible working request denied because it might ‘open the floodgates’ to others seeking flexibility. Your story of being pushed out of the workforce for pushing out a baby and needing flexibility around that. Your story of needing flexibility to care for your father with Alzheimers. Your story of needing flexibility to ensure you can work with a disability. Your story of simply wanting to work and live. It was brought to @ukparliament by @helen_whately who read out her 10-minute bill to change the law around flexible working. To make flexible working available by default. To put the onus on the employer. What does this mean for you? We want flexible working to be weaved into the fabric of our working world - not to be a ‘bonus ball’ after 26 weeks (the current law). We don’t want you to be in the position where you have to worry about raising flexibility in an interview. We want the employer to have to argue why it’s not possible. We want you to be able to work and live. ‘We’ is our brilliant coalition @fawcettsociety @pregnant_then_screwed, The Fatherhood Institute and @youngwomenstrust. We want change for you. And for 👶🏻👧🏼❤️#flexappeal #flexforall #coalition
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    It’s taken five years and I don’t really have the words. Today Flex Appeal made it into Parliament. Today my story, which is your story made it to the House of Commons. Your story of having your flexible working request denied because it might ‘open the floodgates’ to others seeking flexibility. Your story of being pushed out of the workforce for pushing out a baby and needing flexibility around that. Your story of needing flexibility to care for your father with Alzheimers. Your story of needing flexibility to ensure you can work with a disability. Your story of simply wanting to work and live. It was brought to @ukparliament by @helen_whately who read out her 10-minute bill to change the law around flexible working. To make flexible working available by default. To put the onus on the employer. What does this mean for you? We want flexible working to be weaved into the fabric of our working world - not to be a ‘bonus ball’ after 26 weeks (the current law). We don’t want you to be in the position where you have to worry about raising flexibility in an interview. We want the employer to have to argue why it’s not possible. We want you to be able to work and live. ‘We’ is our brilliant coalition @fawcettsociety @pregnant_then_screwed, The Fatherhood Institute and @youngwomenstrust. We want change for you. And for 👶🏻👧🏼❤️#flexappeal #flexforall #coalition
  • Today is the day. @papa_pukka is heading to @ukparliament to shout about flexible working actually working for men; To shout about flexible working being available for everyone not just mothers. We will be outside @ukparliament Victoria Tower Gardens at 12.30pm to support @helen_whately’s 10-minute bill along with members of the Flex For All coalition including @fawcettsociety @pregnant_then_screwed, The Fatherhood Institute and Young Women’s Trust. Please join us. If you can’t come today, please sign the petition in my bio to change the law around flexible working; to ensure flexible working is available from day one for everyone. And PLEASE SHARE this post to spread the word that the law around flexible working is about to be be shaken up so it makes sense for businesses to get with the flexible working programme #flexforall #flexappeal #flexibleworking
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    Today is the day. @papa_pukka is heading to @ukparliament to shout about flexible working actually working for men; To shout about flexible working being available for everyone not just mothers. We will be outside @ukparliament Victoria Tower Gardens at 12.30pm to support @helen_whately’s 10-minute bill along with members of the Flex For All coalition including @fawcettsociety @pregnant_then_screwed, The Fatherhood Institute and Young Women’s Trust. Please join us. If you can’t come today, please sign the petition in my bio to change the law around flexible working; to ensure flexible working is available from day one for everyone. And PLEASE SHARE this post to spread the word that the law around flexible working is about to be be shaken up so it makes sense for businesses to get with the flexible working programme #flexforall #flexappeal #flexibleworking
  • Today was big to someone small. Peanut, 👧🏼 and I went to @ukparliament to grill @helen_whately on her 10-minute flexible working bill that she’s putting to Parliament tomorrow. What does this mean? We want to change the law around flexible working. We want it to be available from Day 1 for everyone. We want you to not worry about asking about flexibility in an interview for fear of not getting the job. We want the onus to be on the employer not the employee. We want every job to be flexible by default unless the employer can prove otherwise. Whether a job share, core hours, condensed hours, a 15 minute-later start, it’s all possible unless an employer is stuck in 1987. We want flexible working to become the way we work - for everyone - not simply a ‘bonus ball’ or a nice-to-have for some. This is about changing the very fabric of our working world. This is for 👧🏼 #flexforall #flexappeal **Please sign the petition in my bio to change the law around flexible working; to ensure flexible working is available from day one for everyone. We will be outside @ukparliament on July 16 at 12.30pm to support @helen_whately’s 10-minute bill along with members of the Flex For All coalition including @fawcettsociety @pregnant_then_screwed The Fatherhood Institute and Young Women’s Trust. Please join us.**
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    Today was big to someone small. Peanut, 👧🏼 and I went to @ukparliament to grill @helen_whately on her 10-minute flexible working bill that she’s putting to Parliament tomorrow. What does this mean? We want to change the law around flexible working. We want it to be available from Day 1 for everyone. We want you to not worry about asking about flexibility in an interview for fear of not getting the job. We want the onus to be on the employer not the employee. We want every job to be flexible by default unless the employer can prove otherwise. Whether a job share, core hours, condensed hours, a 15 minute-later start, it’s all possible unless an employer is stuck in 1987. We want flexible working to become the way we work - for everyone - not simply a ‘bonus ball’ or a nice-to-have for some. This is about changing the very fabric of our working world. This is for 👧🏼 #flexforall #flexappeal **Please sign the petition in my bio to change the law around flexible working; to ensure flexible working is available from day one for everyone. We will be outside @ukparliament on July 16 at 12.30pm to support @helen_whately’s 10-minute bill along with members of the Flex For All coalition including @fawcettsociety @pregnant_then_screwed The Fatherhood Institute and Young Women’s Trust. Please join us.**
  • It isn’t working. Competitive sitting isn’t good for business. Clock watching isn’t good for business. Chastising someone for being 3 minutes late isn’t good for business. Treating people like battery hens isn’t good for business. Humans run businesses. Treat humans in a humane way #flexappeal #flexibleworking #productivity **OECD statistics show that British workers are on average 11% less productive than French workers and 14% down on Germans - both countries work more flexibly than the UK. According to the nationwide survey, the average British office employee manages to get through just three hours of actual work per day, despite sitting at their desks longer than anywhere else in Europe.**
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    It isn’t working. Competitive sitting isn’t good for business. Clock watching isn’t good for business. Chastising someone for being 3 minutes late isn’t good for business. Treating people like battery hens isn’t good for business. Humans run businesses. Treat humans in a humane way #flexappeal #flexibleworking #productivity **OECD statistics show that British workers are on average 11% less productive than French workers and 14% down on Germans - both countries work more flexibly than the UK. According to the nationwide survey, the average British office employee manages to get through just three hours of actual work per day, despite sitting at their desks longer than anywhere else in Europe.**
  • Hakuna matata 🦁🤴🏻❤️. Thanks for helping me get here. Thanks to my friend @haus.of.lulu for lending me this dress from @kitty_joseph. I feel like a million bucks and I haven’t felt that for a while #circleoflife #hakunamatata #lionkingpremiere @thisisheart @disneyuk @lionking @charlottebelletobinpr #gift 📷 @mrlaurencehall 💋
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    Hakuna matata 🦁🤴🏻❤️. Thanks for helping me get here. Thanks to my friend @haus.of.lulu for lending me this dress from @kitty_joseph. I feel like a million bucks and I haven’t felt that for a while #circleoflife #hakunamatata #lionkingpremiere @thisisheart @disneyuk @lionking @charlottebelletobinpr #gift 📷 @mrlaurencehall 💋