Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Stay-at-home mothers to get back to work to prevent a labour shortage

"EU tells stay-at-home mothers to get back to work to prevent a labour shortage".

Housewives are being urged by the European Commission to go back to work the UK Daily Mail reports. In the UK around 12.6 million women work, 40 percent of them part time. Around two-thirds of working-age women with dependent children are in employment. Brussels says it wants stay-at-home mothers in Germany, Austria and Holland to take up jobs to avoid a looming labour shortage. Read more

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