Are childless employees victims of discrimination?

With new technology and the rise of the gig economy, work patterns have blurred the boundaries between home and office – but work-life flexibility allowances are still geared to support those with children, rather than those without.

However, there are many reasons that people require employment flexibility: religious commitments, bereavements, and long-term medical conditions - as well as increasing numbers of us managing multiple freelance contracts.

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New BBC reporting reveals the tensions exist between those with kids, who are seemingly given more working hours flexiblity, and those who have to pick up the slack - especially if reasons for absence are not verified.