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1. Flexible Working Mums 1100 locations | 500 cities | 85 countries
Presented by: Name | Date: Date

2. Overview
Are businesses actively recruit
mothers returning to work?
Does the treatment of working
mothers vary across countries?
Do flexible workplace solutions
attract the best talent?

3. Report
The Regus Report on flexible working
mums includes data from 11,000
business respondents across the
globe

4. Working mums
Nearly half of the global
business population (44%)
anticipates hiring more part-
time mothers returning to work
in the next two years

5. Returning Mothers around the World
Businesses expecting to hire more returning mothers over the next two years

6. Returning Mothers around the World
Australia, Mexico, South
Africa and China all have
above-average intentions
with regard to hiring
Businesses in Scandinavia
anticipate hiring the smallest
number over the next two
years

7. A lesson from India
Indian businesses by far intend
to make the most use of
mothers returning to part-time
work over the next two years.
Are business leaders
recognising that catering to
mothers returning from
maternity leave leads to
increased productivity and
profitability?

8. Size of company
On the global level, size of company
seems to have little impact on firms’
intentions to take on more returning
mothers in 2010 and 2011.

9. Working mums
However, the treatment of
mothers in the workforce
varies significantly across
geographies, indicating that
there is much progress to be
made with regard to easing
the transition back to work

10. Does work sector affect recruitment?
While 44% to 47% of businesses
in most sectors intend to hire
more returning mothers, the
male-dominated ICT sector has
notably below-average hiring
intentions (39%)

11. Stay-at-home dads
The number of men who stay at home
to look after their kids has risen 80% in
15 years
While the growth is massive, their
numbers are still dwarfed by the
number of stay-at-home mums

12. Flexible Workplace Solutions
Drop in
Hot-desk business
facilities
Flexible
Home meeting rooms
Third Space

13. Flexibility
Flexibility in the workplace paves
the way for working mothers to
be more productive and less
stressed at work.
Thereby contributing to economic
recovery

14. Final thoughts
Are businesses actively recruit
mothers returning to work?
Does the treatment of working
mothers vary across countries?
Do flexible workplace solutions
attract the best talent?