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3,000 new mothers leave the workforce every year over high childcare costs

3,000 new mothers leave the workforce every year because of the high cost of childcare. A new stu...
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07.30 16 Apr 2015


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3,000 new mothers leave the workforce every year over high childcare costs

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07.30 16 Apr 2015


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3,000 new mothers leave the workforce every year because of the high cost of childcare.

A new study by software company Citrix and parenting site EUmom, has also found this is costing businesses over 68 million euro a year as they attempt to replace lost skills.

Around 8,200 mothers will seek a new job with more flexible hours while, 3-thousand leave the workforce every year because of the high cost of childcare.

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900 pregnant women or mothers were surveyed for the study, which found half were not happy with government measures in relation to childcare.

Almost seven in ten of the survey participants would like to see legislation introduced which would see a tax break or subsidy for childcare. 

Jacqueline de Rojas, Area vice president, Northern Europe, Citrix said: “There is a huge pool of female talent being lost every year because of the high costs of childcare in Ireland. This is a critical issue for the economy as evidenced by the estimated €68 million being spent by firms replacing women who would have liked to remain working. 

"Furthermore, over eight thousand new mothers will change jobs because of the lack of flexibility afforded to them by their current employer.”


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