Alo JapanNov 4
https://www.alojapan.com/1406927/tokyo-is-turning-to-a-4-day-work-week-in-a-desperate-attempt-to-help-japan-shed-its-unwanted-title-of-worlds-oldest-population-3/ Tokyo is turning to a 4-day work week in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’ #AlwaysFree #ChildCareCosts #childbirth #Elderly #FamilyLeave #Japan #news #NoCopyright #NoIndexRec #Population #PopulationDemographics #Tokyo #TokyoNews #work #WorkLifeBalance #workers #Workers'Rights #東京 #東京都 Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with someth
Tokyo is turning to a 4-day work week in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’ - Alo Japan All About Japan

Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something new: a four-day workweek. 

Alo Japan All About Japan
Centre for Population ChangeAug 11

🌐 For this year's #WorldPopulationDay, we reported on some of our research which provides a detailed picture of how #economic, #social and #policy factors interact to shape #fertility and #family choices.

Read the full story in #ChangingPopulations (section 5): https://sway.cloud.microsoft/urKHaLPBnmc5tC1p?ref=Link

#population #demography #socialscience #childbearing #sociology #genderequality #childcare #housing #economy #families #youngpeople #generations #futuregenerations #jobsecurity #childcarecosts #childfree

Alo JapanJun 22
https://www.alojapan.com/1304132/tokyo-is-turning-to-a-4-day-work-week-in-a-desperate-attempt-to-help-japan-shed-its-unwanted-title-of-worlds-oldest-population-2/ Tokyo is turning to a 4-day work week in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’ #AlwaysFree #ChildCareCosts #childbirth #Elderly #FamilyLeave #Japan #NoCopyright #NoIndexRec #Population #PopulationDemographics #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #work #WorkLifeBalance #workers #Workers'Rights #東京 #東京都 Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something…
Alo JapanJun 20
https://www.alojapan.com/1302835/tokyo-is-turning-to-a-4-day-work-week-in-a-desperate-attempt-to-help-japan-shed-its-unwanted-title-of-worlds-oldest-population/ Tokyo is turning to a 4-day work week in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’ #AlwaysFree #ChildCareCosts #childbirth #Elderly #FamilyLeave #Japan #NoCopyright #NoIndexRec #Population #PopulationDemographics #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #work #WorkLifeBalance #workers #Workers'Rights #東京 #東京都 Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something…
Kyle AndersonApr 23, 2024

My spouse, who holds a degree, wants to go back to work, but the cost of childcare negates or exceeds any income she'd make, so she's compelled to stay at home.

And we have it "good."

American parents today are actively disincentivized to have children, and it sucks. 😓

https://apnews.com/article/daycare-child-care-college-degree-moms-ac72f1227844eae0281305835e07273b

America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees

#uspol #parenting #ChildcareCosts

Child care crisis: High daycare cost hurts moms without college degree

The high costs and limited availability of quality child care are holding back American moms without college degrees. Women’s participation in the workforce has recovered from the pandemic, reaching historic highs in December. But that masks a lingering employment crisis among moms who lack a college degree. For these moms, a day without work is often a day without pay. And when they face an interruption in child care arrangements, an adult in the family is far more likely to adjust by giving up work, according to an analysis of U.S. Census survey data by The Associated Press.

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Show threadAutisticMumTo3Apr 15, 2024

The support with childcare costs for those on Universal Credit at least used to be on the basis of you have to pay for the childcare and claim a share of it back. If that is still the case you still need to be able to afford to pay the fees up front and only get paid back for a percentage of it in about a month's time.

#UniversalCredit
#Childcare
#ChildcareCosts

AutisticMumTo3Sep 10, 2023

Childcare – a grim tale | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/childcare-%E2%80%93-grim-tale

#Childcare
#PrivateInvestors
#Murty
#KoruKids
#Profiteering
#Shepherd
#ChildcareCosts
#ChildcareShortage

Childcare – a grim tale

Opening up the childcare ‘market’ to private investors has led to soaring costs, shortages of places and women being priced out of the workplace, warns ANITA WRIGHT

Morning Star
ThemillenialsarentalrightAug 20, 2023
Between #studentloandebt and #inflation and the price of #housing and #ChildcareCosts, I guess I'll just die #broke
AutisticMumTo3Aug 20, 2023

netmums repeats DWP propaganda over Universal Credit changes
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/08/18/universal-credit-parents-forced-work-netmums/

#DWP
#BackToWork
#WorseOffInWork
#MakingWorkPay
#MakingWorkPayNot
#ChildcareCosts
#Sanctions
#TimePoverty
#Poverty
#Children

700,000 people to be hit by punitive DWP Universal Credit changes, as netmums plays it down

Universal Credit rule changes by the DWP will make parents poorer and cement the fragmentation of family life - not that 'netmums' noticed

Canary
BC Info BotMar 21, 2023
Global News BC: B.C. parents face childcare fee hikes as facilities miss out on provincial subsidy https://globalnews.ca/news/9567419/bc-childcare-fee-hike-concerns/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #childcareincreases #childcareincreases #ChildcareCosts #labourshortage #Childcarefees #wageincreases #FeeReduction #Education #Childcare #GraceLore #Politics
B.C. parents face childcare fee hikes as facilities miss out on provincial subsidy

The reduction program was put in place to reduce fees parents pay but is contingent on childcare facilities keeping annual increases below three per cent.

Global News