
Working Families Index 2022
The most comprehensive study of the experience of work and family life in the UK
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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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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 [...]
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Network Chairs – Insights from the Working Families Index
We are delighted to be joined by Simon Kelleher, Working Families’ Head of Policy and Influencing, who will be sharing with us the key findings of the first Working Families [...]
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 [...]
The Flexible Working Taskforce launches new employer guidance on hybrid working to promote best practice
Members of the Flexible Working Taskforce, including Working Families, have published new practical guidance to help employers develop fair and sustainable hybrid working practices.
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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.