There’s alot of value to be gained through part-time work.  It offers true flexibility between work and life interests.  Whilst this view comesf rom a mother of two young children who is juggling work, life, family and household responsibilities, it also mirrors the sentiments held by many workers of all ages, from all walks of life.

Reducing the hours you work frees you up to include the other interests and responsibilities in your life.  ...

I recently joined an online business mums' community (check it out: http://businessmums.com.au/).  One of the questions asked of new subscribers was "What is your main business issue?"  This question came as a big reality check for me!  To my own surprise, my main business issue was not marketing strategy, or client relations, or cashflow or other business imperatives.  It was, simply, time!

For most mums, time is a scarce resource!  Of course, you m...

The book Teleworking Mum was launched yesterday - in typical teleworking fashion:  Online via media release, Twitter announcements, special offers and YouTube video launch!

Somehow, it seems the launch will continue as a long-term engagement as media enquiries are coming through thick and fast... and now the promotion and hard work begins!

Though, happy to be resting from the writing for a while, but sure the bug will start to itch sometime soon....

Working mums are taxed higher than the mega rich.

When mums receive family benefits and then return to work, they get a rude shock to discover that their tax rate exceeds that of the mega rich.

A report to the Australian Government’s Henry Tax Inquiry last year indicated that working mothers on low to middle incomes are taxed at a rate of 56 per cent, whereas the super rich are taxed at only 45 per cent.

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For many mums, flexibility makes workforce participation viable; it can make the difference between being engaged in paid employment or abandoning it.  Flexible working arrangements provide a valuable means to facilitating an improved return to work journey after having a baby.  But when it comes to dealing with the unexpected stumbling blocks that parental life throws at you, will flexibility be enough to sustain your work and family responsibilities?

Both m...

Last week we heard that the planned legislation for paid maternity leave will be put on hold as a result of the global financial crisis.  Today the outlook for paid maternity leave is even more grim as news reports indicate that the issue is being pushed further and further on the backburner.

For over one quarter of mums in Australia paid maternity leave is really no big deal at all.  These women are not eligible for paid maternity for various reasons: they may not have been...

I've been a teleworking mum for nearly three years now.  As my eldest child, Charlie, is turning 3 later this year I thought it would be an ideal time for me to take on a bit of extra work during the hours that he attended kinder next year. Unfortunately we were unable to find a vacancy in our area for 3 year old kinder, so a couple of months ago I started looking at long day care centres offering a kindergarten program instead. 

As it turned out all the local child care ce...

Uncertainty and angst has swept the world over the past week:  the fear of a global recession, banking fallouts and plummeting stock markets.  With business confidence levels following suit it only stands to reason that mums in the workforce (or those planning to re-enter) will be feeling the pressure too.  With such a dark cloud looming, how can working mums find that silver lining ?

Although mums can often exp...