In summer 2008, the Equality and Human Rights Commission launched ‘Working Better’, a new policy initiative to explore how we can match the aspirations of employees with the needs of employers. The Working Better project is aimed at setting a new agenda to meet the changing needs of families, workers and employers in the 21st century. Its purpose is to find solutions that will increase choice, fairness and equality for parents, carers, disabled people, young people and older workers. This short report focuses on fathers and their experiences of and attitudes towards work and care.