Women staying at work longer to avoid stress at home

WOMEN are staying at work longer to escape their children, it emerged yesterday.

Just as the national minimum wage was increased to €7.65 an hour yesterday, a study of working hours shows that the larger a woman’s family, the longer she is likely to spend at work to avoid stress at home.

When she has two children or less, a woman works the normal 38-hour working week. But as her family increases, she works longer and longer, according to the study by the Work Foundation in London.