This submission points out that remote and hybrid working models offer the UK a chance to redesign its labour market around principles of inclusion, flexibility, and well-being. However, as current evidence shows, these benefits will not be realised equitably without conscious policy efforts to address both household dynamics and employer-side constraints - particularly those rooted in traditional gender norms

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8 May 2025

Lords Home-based working committee

Link To Inquiry

This Government consultation is published under the centre's Labour programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Gender in the labour market