Articles: Equal Employment Opportunities

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Dads on the job - Men on parental leave >
The hilarious moments to be had whilst watching the 1987 film 'Three men and a Baby' are stupendous. From exasperating to heart-warming, the clumsy antics of three grown 'career' men in front of a helpless infant can be great fun...

The First-time Female Job Seeker >
Looking for a job can be a real nightmare especially if you're a first-time job seeker fresh out of schooling. The job market can seem like a big wide world fraught with difficulties.

Working Mothers - but where are their children? >
When I touch upon the issue of 'working' mothers, I like to remember an event which I witnessed and which left me both mesmerised and amused. It happened quite some years ago, whilst I was interviewing a priest on the topic of poverty in Malta.

Women Workers and Maternity >
Employment rights have changed considerably from the days when it was automatically expected that once married a woman would stop working outside the home.

Flexing Mothers Time >
Perhaps one of the major hurdles any mother faces throughout her life is aptly combining family life with employment. The difficulty of being faithful to both can be, to say the least, exhausting, both physically and psychologically, with guilt feelings and...

Women back at Work - on returning to the workforce >
Most mothers will take time off to raise their babies and children, whether for just a few months or a few years. The ones who take some years before re-embarking on their career, whatever stage that may have been at, will tend to find themselves having to face a new reality.

40+, Female and Job Hunting >
Have you ever looked around you at the number of older women out there, who are not employed? There are many, far too many, and so many that they tip the scales of the workforce drastically.

Women at Work - Working from Home base >
There is a small but steady category of women who, whilst holding a job, never travel out of their home to accomplish it. They are home workers.