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    Neonatal Care Leave 

    Working Families are delighted to see that the government has confirmed that parents who have a baby in neonatal care will be entitled to additional time off as a day one right from 6th April 2025. 

  • A group of diverse women sit chatting and smiling at work

    Best Practice Awards

    Working Families are looking to find 2025’s leading employers, who are working to create outstanding flexible and employee-friendly workplaces.

  • Contact us for advice

    Use our contact form for free legal advice on family and carer-related employment rights and in-work benefits.

  • Benchmark Report 2024

    This report highlights key trends and insights on flexible working, family-friendly culture, gender equality, and wellbeing practices among leading employers.

  • Caring Aloud – Adrian’s Story

    In the next in our Caring Aloud series, we hear from Adrian, who talks candidly about the challenges of running your own business whilst caring, and his frustration at the lack of support for self-employed carers.  

  • Graphic that says The budget and what it means for employers who are committed to being family-friendly

    The budget and what it means for employers 

    The long-awaited budget finally landed at the end of October. With a focus on ‘delivering change by protecting working people’ the budget introduced policies that will impact businesses more directly. But beyond the headlines, what do the announcements mean for employers who are committed to being family-friendly? 

  • Leading employers light the path for parental leave 

    With the recognition that parental leave is good for both babies and parents, the call is becoming louder for longer periods of paid leave for mothers and fathers/partners, and an equalising of leave so that families can decide how they want to divide up the care of their child.  

  • Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

    This paper reports on the findings from a collaboration between the Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester and Working Families which focuses on UK-based small to medium enterprises and family-friendly work practices.

  • Are you happy to talk flexible working?

    Working Families, with the support of the Government’s Flexible Working Taskforce, have developed Happy To Talk Flexible Working to support employers on their journey to designing more flexible roles.

Latest news & events

  • Network Chairs – Best practice support for working fathers/co-parents and why it matters

    This network chair session, chaired by Working Families Relationship Manager Lottie Driver, will focus on how change can be accelerated in support for fathers and co-parents. We are delighted to be joined by Alex Lloyd Hunter from The Dad Shift, a group of men, dads and co-parents campaigning for better paternity leave in the UK. We’ll explore why substantial, affordable and equal paternity leave is so important, and hear from them on the inspiring work they’re doing to challenge the status quo of statutory paternity leave here in the UK. 

  • Roundtable: Neonatal Care – exploring the new bill

    Every year, around 60,000 babies are born at less than 37 weeks, with many requiring specialist, neonatal care. With the new neonatal bill arriving in April 2025 we are delighted to be joined by Kyle Green, Parliamentary and Stakeholder Manager here at Working Families, who will provide an update about this new piece of legislation.

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Our members

Our employer members are committed to flexible and family-friendly business practices.

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