There’s an unwritten assumption that women will just make themselves available when stuff needs to get done. Whether it’s remembering family members’ birthdays, tracking the family schedule, noticing when we’re running low on milk or when new shoes are needed. We are there. We’re reliable when no one else is. We are expected to be so even when we are sick, when we are working, when we are tired. The requirement to care never really takes a break. Emotional labour rarely lets up. Even when we rest, we mentally evaluate the to do list, worry, plan.

While I don’t disagree that flexible work would benefit women (and others!) in some sectors, we need to think deeper at what a gender-responsive labour strategy really looks like. (Get ready, folks. I feel another twitter thread coming on)

https://twitter.com/cbccanada/status/1119150478602821632

Flexible working arrangements are one strategy that can really make a difference for some professions and jobs - especially those that involve working in office settings. But are these approaches available to everyone at the workplace, not just professionals or white collar jobs