UK school closures mean mothers will take twice as much unpaid leave as fathers – poll

Covid-19 and its economic fallout also likely to affect women’s paid work more

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Twice as many mothers as fathers say they will have to take time off with no pay due to school closures or a sick child, according to a survey, raising further fears that the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic is falling disproportionately on women’s shoulders.

According to the survey, carried out by a group of women’s organisations across the UK including Women’s Budget Group and the Fawcett Society, 15% of mothers said they had to take unpaid time off work, compared with 8% of fathers, while 57% of fathers said they would be able to work from home during school closures, compared with 49% of mothers.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3npm4CW