National Work Life Week 2022
10 - 14 October 2022
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Working Families Index 2022
Employer Action Briefing
The Working Families Index is the most comprehensive study of the experience of work and family life in the UK. Written specifically for employers, this briefing takes the findings of the Working Families Index and turns them into actionable recommendations to improve flexible and family-friendly practices across all sectors.
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Latest news & events
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Statement on the second reading of the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill
Working Families is delighted to support the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill. We have worked alongside Stuart McDonald MP and Bliss on this much-needed legislation, which [...]
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Law firms, banks and recruiters among winners of the Working Families Best Practice Awards 2022
Work-life balance charity Working Families has announced the winners of the 2022 Best Practice Awards at a celebratory event held at Vintner’s Hall alongside the official [...]
Despite progress made in pandemic, many parents and carers still lack access to flexible working
A new report from work-life balance charity Working Families and professional coaching organisation Talking Talent has revealed inequalities around who can access flexible [...]
Working Families responds to Queen’s Speech
Having promised to make flexible working the default, to provide workers in insecure jobs with rights to have more predictable schedules, to extend redundancy protections, to [...]
Finalists Revealed for the Working Families Best Practice Awards 2022
We have announced the shortlist for our 2022 Best Practice Awards. The awards celebrate employers whose stand-out cultures and working practices are leading the way in [...]
Nominations now open for the 2022 Movers and Shakers: Working Dads Employer Awards
We have partnered with MusicFootballFatherhood and the University of Birmingham’s Equal Parenting project to support the launch the inaugural 2022 Movers and Shakers: Working [...]
Making flexible working the default – Our response to the BEIS consultation
In Autumn 2021 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy launched a consultation on a series of proposals to make flexible working the default employment position.
The search begins for the UK’s best employers for flexible and family-friendly working
Working Families, in partnership with Arnold Clark, are looking to find 2022’s leading employers, who are working to create outstanding flexible and employee-friendly [...]
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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.
Imperial College London
Freeths
Gowling WLG
Experian
NatWest Group
UK Health Security Agency
Sheffield Hallam University
CDC Group
Cranfield University
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Middlesex University
Anglo American
Dentsu UK
Drax Group
ZS Associates
London Legacy Development Corporation
SF Recruitment
DAS Group
Santander
Southwark Council
VetPartners Limited
MBDA Systems
Hill Dickinson LLP
Laing O'Rourke
BLM
University of Portsmouth
BNP Paribas
QBE
Independent Living Fund Scotland
ClwydAlyn
Grant Thornton
LUC
Wellcome Trust
Nationwide
Mott MacDonald
Financial Ombudsman Service
Barclays
MUFG
Department of Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Norton Rose Fulbright
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Brunel University
TLT LLP
Yahoo
DWF
Rolls Royce
Schroders
Harper Macleod LLP
Northern Trust
Linklaters
RSM
Welsh Parliament (Senedd)
De Montfort University
Government Legal Department
Brodies LLP
Kings College London
Lloyds Banking Group
Simmons & Simmons