Our Impact
Read our new impact report to learn how we're making a difference to millions of working parents and carers across the UK.
Read moreHow Flexible Recruitment Could Transform the World of Work for Parents and Carers
National Work Life Week is a chance for employees and employers to have conversations about work-life balance. At Working Families, it’s a time for us to reflect on how we can make the workplace a better place for millions of parents and carers across the UK.
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Working Families Benchmark 2019
The Working Families Benchmark provides an annual assessment of flexible, agile, and family-friendly working policy and practice. This summary report considers some of the main findings from the 2019 Benchmark, and gives an insight into the policies, practices, and cultures within some of the UK’s most family-friendly employers.
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Latest news & events
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Successful Flexible Working – training for employees
Develop an awareness of what a flexible approach to work is and how to find a solution that will work for yourself and your organisation. Book tickets Learning Outcomes: [...]
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Leading high performing flexible teams – a virtual coaching session for managers
Our highly interactive and impactful open virtual coaching session will enable managers to develop meaningful insight into the key knowledge, skills and behaviours required to [...]
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Parents/carers and best-practice employers agree that companies should publish their flexible working and family-related policies
New figures from work-life balance charity Working Families [1] show that both parents/carers and best-practice employers alike are overwhelmingly in favour of greater [...]
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Working Families Announces the UK’s Most Family-Friendly Workplaces in 2019
Work-life balance charity Working Families has announced its annual list of the top family-friendly employers in the UK. Employers large and small from across the public, [...]
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Working Families’ response to Theresa May’s announcement of a consultation on parental leave entitlements
Working Families' Chief Executive, Jane van Zyl, responds to Theresa May's 19 July announcement of a consultation on parental leave entitlements.
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Working Families and others call on Government to consult on flexible recruitment without delay
Working Families and a host of other organisations are calling for the Government to consult on flexible recruitment without delay.
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National Campaign Encourages People Across the UK to Finish Work on Time on the Longest Day of the Year
21 June is Go Home on Time Day, a major campaign run by the charity Working Families that aims to start a national discussion about work-life balance and employee wellbeing.
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Working Families Announces Winners of 2019 Best Practice Awards
This year’s awards saw a record number of entries, showing the appetite and engagement surrounding flexibility and work-life balance.
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Our members
Our employer members are committed to flexible and family-friendly business practices. See a full list of our members.
Wellcome Trust
Cranfield University
BLM
Royal College of Nursing
Independent Living Fund Scotland
Oliver Wyman
Bank of Ireland
Gowling WLG
Charles Russell Speechlys
Unum
Zurich Insurance
De Montfort University
Brunel University
London Legacy Development Corporation
Lloyds Banking Group
Dentsu Aegis Network
University of Manchester
University of Portsmouth
Mott MacDonald
RSM
Kings College London
Nationwide
Sheffield Hallam University
Norton Rose Fulbright
United Insurance Brokers
Barclays
Surrey Police
Lloyd's
DWF
Drax Group
Hermes
Verizon Media
Santander
DAS Group
Schroders
Deloitte
Grant Thornton
Northern Trust
Linklaters
Royal Bank of Scotland
LUC
Hogan Lovells
Financial Ombudsman Service
MBDA Systems
Cushman & Wakefield
Housing 21
MUFG
Harper Macleod LLP
BNP Paribas
QBE
Freeths
Sussex Police
Imperial College London
Charles Taylor Plc
Anglo American
Simmons & Simmons
CDC Group
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Ministry of Justice