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Almost two-thirds of working mothers are now either working reduced hours or have stopped working entirely, new research shows. The pandemic has had a sizeable impact on working parents who have been forced to handle multiple responsibilities, both inside and outside of work. However, new data from TopCV, a CV writing service, investigated how working mothers have been impacted because of the pandemic. In a survey of over 1,000 working mothers, two-fifths (40 per cent) reported that they are not currently working whilst a further fifth (19 per cent) said that they have reduced the number of hours they work. When questioned on why this was, over three-fifths of working mothers (61 per cent) stated that they had been laid off and were still looking for another job. Over one in seven respondents (15 per cent) said they quit their job as it didn’t financially make sense to work while paying someone to take care of the kids. An equal number of respondents (15 per cent) also said they either quit their job or took sabbatical leave to accommodate their children’s education. Just under one in 10 (9 per cent) reporting putting their career on hold until the job market
