{"id":1432,"date":"2024-03-25T18:23:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prohuntsingapore.com\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2024-03-25T18:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:23:42","slug":"quarter-of-mothers-do-extra-work-to-cover-childcare-cost-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prohuntsingapore.com\/zh\/quarter-of-mothers-do-extra-work-to-cover-childcare-cost-survey-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarter of mothers do extra work to cover childcare cost, survey finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A quarter of mothers with children under the age of five have taken on extra work to cover the increased cost of childcare, a survey by Indeed Flex has found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A further quarter indicated they have taken up temporary work, and one in five claimed that temping is the only employment they can fit around their childcare responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platform for finding&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrmagazine.co.uk\/content\/news\/employers-filling-rising-job-demand-with-temps\/\" target=\"_blank\">temporary work<\/a>&nbsp;surveyed 2,000 women and found that more than three quarters of mothers with children aged under five (77%) have seen childcare costs rise over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey also showed that nearly a third (31%) of mums with young kids now spend more than 40% of their salary on professional childcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes as the government is set to start offering 15 hours of free childcare per week to parents with children under the age of five from 1 April 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By September 2025 this support is predicted to increase to 30 hours of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrmagazine.co.uk\/content\/news\/childcare-in-the-uk-becoming-less-affordable-and-reliable\/\" target=\"_blank\">childcare<\/a>&nbsp;per week for all parents with children under the age of five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around a third (32%) of women who took part in the survey agreed that the government support is not being implemented quickly enough. More than a quarter (29%) said that professional childcare would still be too expensive, even with the government support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clara Wilcox, return to work and career coach for parents, commented that while employers can help support working mothers, policy needs to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to&nbsp;<em>HR&nbsp;<\/em>magazine, she said: \u201cWhilst there is a lot employers can do for flexible working, agile working and properly paying their staff, this conversation needs to be wider.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quarter of mothers with children under the age of five have taken on extra work to cover the increased cost of childcare, a survey by Indeed Flex has found. 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