ICYMI: It is essential for employers to support all staff in other family types, including those without kids. YahooFinance
Most parents will have worked from home with their kids occasionally, during a sick day or because of weather-related school closures. But with most workers quarantined during the coronavirus outbreak, people are facing the daunting prospect of working from home with their children for the foreseeable future.
But it’s also essential for employers to support all staff in other family types, including those without kids. Being quarantined at home isn’t easy for anyone, but for single people or those living alone, it can be even harder. Loneliness and isolation can seriously take its toll on people and although we’re connected by phone and online, it’s no substitute for actual physical company. As an employer, being understanding of all these pressures and worries is essential.
To find out how this stigma impacts workers, researchers at the London School of Economics surveyed managers and professionals without children. “Individuals who lived alone without children felt that their organisations and colleagues assumed they could work longer hours, as they did not have as many demands on their time outside of work as parents do,” the researchers concluded. “On the contrary, they spoke of specific types of time demand – often as a result of their solo‐living status.
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