Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Furlough and redundancy
Government guidance makes it clear that employees can be furloughed if they are unable to work due to childcare commitments.
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We’re hearing heartbreaking stories every day - like Sian, a mother who is unable to juggle working from home with caring for her two young children. She rang us in tears because she was told that taking unpaid leave was her only option.
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Weathering the Storm
The COVID-19 pandemic and working parents
New report exploring the issues still facing the working parents getting in touch with us about COVID-19, and simple ways the government and UK employers could go further to support them to stay in work and help ensure they don’t lose out financially.
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Finalists Revealed for the Working Families Best Practice Awards 2020
Work-life balance charity Working Families has announced the shortlist for its 2020 Best Practice Awards. The awards celebrate employers whose stand-out cultures and working [...]
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New report: Working parents are losing out due to COVID-19
A report from charity Working Families calls for the government and employers to go further in supporting working parents during the pandemic.
Working Families’ Statement on COVID-19 School Closures
Many working parents and carers with young children are already working from home, as recommended by the Government. Now that schools are closed, they find themselves needing [...]
Family friendly rights: what’s coming in 2020?
Keep up-to-date with family friendly rights: what’s coming in 2020. This course flags up cases and other developments which you need to know, what the main changes are and [...]
Half day training for advisers: How to help parents in employment
How to help parents in employment: asking for flexible working, taking time off for your children and help with childcare costs
Evening emails and the “always on” culture overwhelm working parents and threaten to sabotage work-life balance improvements, according to annual survey
More than half of parents (58%) are working extra, unpaid hours, as campaigners warn many families and firms are losing fight to keep jobs “human-sized” 48% of working parents [...]
Successful Flexible Working – training for employees
Find out how to flex your work to fit your life with an immersive, interactive Working Families virtual Workshop.
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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London Luton Airport
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London Legacy Development Corporation
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Sussex Police
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BNP Paribas
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DWF
Drax Group
Hogan Lovells
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Linklaters
Superdrug
MBDA Systems
Dentsu Aegis Network
Hill Dickinson LLP
Wellcome Trust
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MUFG
Brodies LLP
Lloyds Banking Group
Experian
Cambridge University Press
Financial Ombudsman Service
Simmons & Simmons
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BLM
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Schroders
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