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Free helpline for
parents and carers

We provide free advice on family and carer-related
employment rights and in-work benefits.

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  • 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

  • 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.

  • Roundtable: Wellbeing in the Workplace Workshop

    Kick off the new year with a session dedicated to wellbeing. At this members-only roundtable session chaired by our Relationship Manager, Diana Gilmore, we’ll be joined by the Centre for Emotional Health to discuss how to create a healthy workplace culture.

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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.