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We help working parents and carers and their employers find a better balance between responsibilities at home and work.
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Flexible Working Film Release
Our new animated film explains your right to request flexible working and the key things to consider when making a request
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One simple step can change your recruiting culture for good. Move to a starting point that jobs can be done flexibly unless there’s a business reason why not, rather than the other way around.
We’ve developed a strapline for employers to show they’re ready to have a discussion about flexible working and to find more people with the skills and talents they’re looking for.
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Working Families’ response to EHRC research showing that forcing working mothers from jobs costs business £280 million each year
British businesses are losing nearly £280 million each year as a result of women being forced out of their jobs by pregnancy and maternity discrimination, according to new [...]
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Manchester Breakfast Briefing: Fathers and Care – are the odds stacked against them?
Working Families’ Manchester Breakfast Briefing Fathers and Care: are the odds stacked against them? Register here What makes fathers involved in their children’s [...]
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Flexible working requests: ten things you need to know
Everyone who’s worked for their employer for 26 weeks is eligible to apply formally for flexible working. Flexible working means changing your hours or working [...]
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Flexible working? Only if you earn enough
High earning parents who bank more than £70,000 a year are 47% more likely to work flexibly than those earning between £10,000 and £40,000.
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Time Saving Tips for Go Home on Time Day
Working Families' top tips to help you go home on time more often
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New report on pregnancy and maternity discrimination
Working Families response to new Women and Equalities select committee report on pregnancy and maternity discrimination The Women and Equalities Select Committee has published [...]
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What is Go Home on Time Day?
Go Home on Time Day takes place on 5th October and we are asking all supporters of family friendly, progressive workplaces to call for a permanent shift in the UK’s work culture.
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Building the Business Case for Flexible Working – the new online guide
When it comes to building the business case for embedded agile working there’s so much information out there it can be hard to know where to start. So we’ve done all the hard [...]
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Working Families
We are the UK’s leading work-life balance organisation. We help working parents and carers and their employers find a better balance between responsibilities at home and work.