Caregiving fathers in the workplace

Dr Jasmine Kelland explores the parental gender stereotypes inflicted on fathers in the workplace
Man remotely working from home on laptop with child beside him
 
The view of fatherhood, childcare, and work have altered over the last few decades, with many fathers taking a more active role in caregiving than before and altering their working patterns in line with this. However, such a wide involvement in caregiving for fathers can clash with traditional values about masculinity and work and gender inequality with regards to parenthood.
This results in caregiving fathers facing specific challenges identified as 鈥榝atherhood forfeits鈥. These pages provide more detail about the 鈥榝atherhood forfeits鈥 and how the 'fatherhood forfeits' can contribute to the gender pay gap. Additionally, it provides practical guidelines on how to support men with caregiving responsibilities and address the 鈥榝atherhood forfeits鈥 to improve equality in the workplace 鈥 to the benefit of the parents themselves, organisations and society more generally.

Download the full report 'Fatherhood Forfeits Post-COVID' by Dr Jasmine Kelland in partnership with Babbu.
Looking at the experiences of caregiving Fathers managing work and care in the Post-COVID environment.

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Dr Jasmine Kelland is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management. Her work on the 鈥榝atherhood forfeit鈥 has been widely cited within the press (such as The Guardian, The Independent and New Scientist), by professional bodies (such as CIPD) and in numerous blogs and webinars. Her 鈥榝atherhood forfeit鈥 research has been published by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee, and referred to in a House of Commons debate exploring 鈥楩athers in the Family鈥.
She has presented her research to the UK Parliament All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fatherhood, professional and international academic conferences and numerous organisations, and has discussed the challenges facing caregiving fathers through media outlets such as Sky News and BBC Radio.
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Conference contributions
  • Fathers-Forfeits, Deficits and Disregarding Discourse (ESFR, Copenhagen, 2023)
  • 鈥淚s Daddy Daycare all it is cracked up to be? - Caregiving Fathers and the 鈥楩atherhood Forfeit鈥, Work and Family Researchers Conference in (Washington, June, 2018)
  • 鈥淒addy Daycare- Caregiving Fathers, 鈥榝atherhood forfeits鈥 and the 鈥榩aternal perimeter鈥, CIPD Applied Research Conference, December 2017, Scotland
  • 鈥淔atherhood Forfeits鈥 and 鈥楳otherhood Penalties鈥 鈥 An Exploration of UK management selection decision making of parent applicants鈥, CIPD Applied Research Conference (London , December 2016)

In the press

  • Bloomberg (2024) ''
  • Forbes (2024) ''
  • People Management (2024) ''
  • People Management (2024)
  • Daily Mail (2023) 鈥樷
  • The Telegraph (2023) 鈥樷
  • Wired (2023) 鈥樷
  • Working Mums (2023) 鈥樷
  • Metro (2023) 鈥樷
  • Above the Law (2023) '鈥
  • Make a Difference (2023) 鈥樷
  • CIPD (2023) 鈥樷
  • A Cup of Ambition (2023) 鈥樷
  • FocusRH (2023) ''
  • Make a Difference (2023) ''
  • WorkLife (2023) ''
  • Financial Times (2023) '
  • How are stay-at-home dads subverting social stigma? (PDF)