The UK has one of the highest proportions of men working very long hours of all OECD countries, and men with children work longer hours than men without children. Working long hours is on the rise again in the UK and is likely to increase even further. The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) found that 75% of working families experience some weekend work and in over half of these – 2.41 million families – at least one parent is working regularly at weekends. More than 20% of working families have at least one parent who regularly works both weekend days.For many families financial pressures impact on their decisions, but there is a danger of substituting financial poverty with relational poverty, especially in those families with school age children. There is now a case for the Family Day Bill: giving a weekend day off for parents to spend time with their children. Download PDF: Weekend Workers: Part-time Parents?
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