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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Latest news & events
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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.
Government Legal Department
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
ClwydAlyn
Department of Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
University of Portsmouth
DAS Group
BLM
VetPartners Limited
Rolls Royce
TLT LLP
NatWest Group
Laing O'Rourke
RSM
Gowling WLG
BNP Paribas
Simmons & Simmons
Lloyds Banking Group
Independent Living Fund Scotland
Mott MacDonald
Southwark Council
Hill Dickinson LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Brodies LLP
LUC
De Montfort University
Brunel University
Linklaters
Kings College London
Wellcome Trust
Cranfield University
MBDA Systems
Sheffield Hallam University
Harper Macleod LLP
Grant Thornton
ZS Associates
Drax Group
UK Health Security Agency
Northern Trust
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Welsh Parliament (Senedd)
Imperial College London
Barclays
Santander
Anglo American
Experian
Middlesex University
Dentsu UK
MUFG
Nationwide
Ministry of Justice
London Legacy Development Corporation
QBE
Schroders
Financial Ombudsman Service
CDC Group
DWF
Freeths
Yahoo