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Can working women have it all?

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Many women try to have it all: the perfect career, relationship and family. We look at whether you can juggle a career and family, how the government is helping, what companies can do to make life easier and the real experiences of working women.

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  • How have employers reacted to it?
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  • What are the benefits of flexible hours
  • Researching flexible working
  • Approaching your employer about it
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    life experiences

  • Real women speak out about their lives
  • Week in the life: nanniless working mum
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  • Do we have it easier than our mums?
  • Have working women really progressed?
  • Working mums at risk of too much guilt?

    ask the expert

  • Can interviewers ask if I have children?
  • Can I be forced to work full-time?
  • Do I have to admit I'm pregnant?
  • Can I be made redundant while on sick leave with PND?

    Got a dilemma of your own? Ask our work rights expert

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    Created: 25/06/2003  Updated: 19/07/2004

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