According to a survey of 2,564 parents by flexible childcare provider Pebbble, more than half expect to quit their current job to find more home-based roles now that employers are ‘backtracking’ on working from home policies meaning they need to pay for more childcare.
DfE parent survey highlights lack of flexible and affordable early years provision
Separately, new research from Pregnant Then Screwed reveals that one in five parents in households earning less than £50,000 a year are leaving the workforce due to childcare costs.
Pebble’s research
Findings from Pebble’s survey suggests that parents of nursery and primary school-age children are facing ‘soaring’ additional childcare costs of almost £200 per week as employers ‘demand’ extra days in the office post-pandemic.
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