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HR Dilemma: Do working fathers get a raw deal?

HR Dilemma: Do working fathers get a raw deal?

Society is changing: the typical model of parenting – one working, the other parenting – is disintegrating in favour of a correlated caring model. But is HR keeping up? 

A study earlier this month by Modern Families found that a fifth of fathers believed their employer expected no disruption to work when it came to childcare, while 44% admitted lying to their employer about family-related responsibilities that ‘get in the way’ of work. 

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