Black to Front on Channel 4 and flexible working for parents

Have You Got 5 Minutes?

In this episode, we reflect on Channel 4’s Black to Front. On September 10th, Channel 4 broadcast programming featuring Black presenters, actors, writers and experts, contributors, and programme-makers. It was done as part of the broadcaster’s commitment to represent and champion under-represented audiences and communities.

For our 5 minutes, we discuss the landmark case of Alice Thompson, an estate agent who won £185,000 at an employment tribunal. The sex discrimination case was heard after her employer refused to accommodate her need to work shorter hours to pick up her daughter from nursery. We talk flexible working for parents.

Exhibition: James Barnor: Accra/London - A Retrospective https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/james-barnor/

Black and Proud: A celebration of Black lives and Black culture https://www.channel4.com/collection/black-and-proud

As Tensions Between Colleagues Reaches Breaking Point, Here's How To Avoid Being The Working Parent That Everyone Hates https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/working-parent-advice-coronavirus/

Leading the way on inclusion through equal parental leave https://www.diageo.com/en/society-2030/case-studies/leading-the-way-on-inclusion-through-equal-parental-leave/

Alice Thompson won her discrimination case against her employer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58473802

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