Best Practice Awards 2020
The Working Families Best Practice Awards 2020 are now OPEN!
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Working Families’ annual Best Practice Awards recognise UK employers whose stand-out cultures and practices demonstrate that they deeply understand that all employees perform better when they have some degree of flexibility over when, where and how they work ‒ and that employees will be more productive if the organisation supports their work-life balance.
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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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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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Finalists Revealed for Working Families Best Practice Awards 2019
After a record number of entries for 2019, Working Families announces the shortlist of employers whose stand-out cultures and working practices are leading the way in flexible [...]
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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.
Experian
Surrey Police
Schroders
Mott MacDonald
RSM
Northern Trust
Housing 21
Verizon Media
Lloyds Banking Group
BLM
Sheffield Hallam University
Ministry of Justice
Harper Macleod LLP
Royal Bank of Scotland
DWF
Lloyd's
Freeths
DAS Group
Nationwide
Barclays
Cranfield University
Charles Russell Speechlys
Grant Thornton
Imperial College London
QBE
Financial Ombudsman Service
Anglo American
Norton Rose Fulbright
MUFG
Simmons & Simmons
Drax Group
Independent Living Fund Scotland
CDC Group
Brunel University
Deloitte
LUC
University of Portsmouth
Charles Taylor Plc
Unum
Linklaters
Hermes
Dentsu Aegis Network
MBDA Systems
Cushman & Wakefield
Santander
University of Manchester
Kings College London
De Montfort University
Gowling WLG
Royal College of Nursing
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Wellcome Trust
Hill Dickinson LLP
United Insurance Brokers
London Legacy Development Corporation
Sussex Police
Hogan Lovells
Bank of Ireland
Oliver Wyman
Zurich Insurance
BNP Paribas