Sinead O'Connor, Your returning to work manifesto.
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
It's one of the most unforgettable moments in pop. Sinead O'Connor singing Nothing Compares 2 U straight into the camera. Big eyes, shaved head, minimal make up - tears rolling down her cheeks. It catapulted her to fame whether she liked it or not. Sinead joins Emma to talk about her autobiography," Rememberings"
The ‘work from home’ guidelines are expected to be scrapped on June 21 - should the government’s current roadmap continue. If you were writing a manifesto for the best way for women to work post-pandemic what would it say? We hear from author and columnist, Elizabeth Uviebinené who argues in her new book ‘The Reset’ for a fundamental reset of our entire work culture, Danny Harmer, Chief People Officer for Aviva on how big companies are addressing the flexibility needs of their workforce and Mark Gatto, father of a two-year-old and research associate in masculinities and working parenthood,
Presenter Emma Barnett Producer Beverley Purcell PHOTO CREDIT; Donal Moloney
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| 0:35.0 | Hello, I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:39.6 | And what a start we have for you today, the woman behind this iconic single. income pays to you. |
| 0:55.0 | Shaneed O'Connor is my first guest this morning as she publishes her life story reflecting on many issues that we'll get to very shortly and |
| 1:04.7 | speaking of reflection and I mentioned this last week as the world of work gears up to |
| 1:09.1 | return to some semblance of normality what changes if you have experienced any of course you may no longer be in the same job you were you may not |
| 1:17.1 | be able to work from home but if you have been working from home when you haven't |
| 1:20.7 | before what are the things that you'd like to keep about your new arrangements and what are the things you'd like to keep about your new arrangements, what are the things that you'd like to keep about your new |
| 1:23.8 | arrangements and what are the things you'd like to ditch? |
| 1:26.8 | This is an opportunity for changing the way that we work after the pandemic and we want to |
| 1:31.6 | hear from you, of course, very aware that women have fought for |
| 1:34.4 | decades for flexible working and some may be riley noting that it's taken for all of us |
| 1:39.2 | men and women to be affected that might finally force employers to trust us to work at home and not be skiving off. What do you want to |
| 1:47.5 | see when we change the world of work? If we change the world of work, some very |
| 1:51.4 | cynical about that and some don't want any |
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