As City of London Rolls Back Flexible Working, It’s Losing Women
UK lawmakers hear how clamping down on hybrid work is hampering gender equality
Commuters in London.
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The rollback of flexible working practices is hurting efforts to boost gender equality in the City of London, parliamentarians heard on Tuesday.
When the outbreak of Covid-19 forced firms to adapt to working from home, the change benefitted working parents in particular, according to Fiona Mackenzie, chief executive officer of The Other Half, a UK-based think tank. But three years on, corporate attitudes are now changing, she told the Treasury Select Committee, which is currently investigating sexism in London’s financial services sector.