The cab firm Addison Lee has committed to a “babies at work” scheme, the first UK company to do so. How Addison Lee decided on its scheme was featured earlier this week in two fascinating documentaries on BBC2 (stiill on iPlayer).
Here’s what the Daily Telegraph made of it. Here’s what happened when the Evening Standard tried it – described by the (female) editor as “hopeless as an idea”.
We can say with some confidence that City law firms aren’t going to do this anytime soon.
Babies at work schemes are so common in the United States that there is an institute devoted to them.
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