Toolkits, Guides and Policies for Employer Members
Working Families members have access to the following toolkits, guides and policies for employers which have been designed to support you and your organisation.
Please note that selected resources are available to purchase in our Shop for non-members.
Downloadable Resources
Creating a flexible, hybrid and high-performing workplace
These resources provide an overview of what is needed at leadership level to create a high-performing flexible or hybrid workplace, and what is needed from other stakeholders in the organisation. It gives practical advice on some of the key issues and challenges which underpin – and can undermine – successful culture change.
Leading flexible, hybrid and high performing teams
This toolkit equips you to create, lead and manage a high-performing, flexible team. Flexible and hybrid working practices are now the norm in most organisations. There is a widespread recognition that it is important to offer all employees greater control and autonomy in how they work, and an understanding that doing so can bring a real commercial advantage.
Job design and flexible recruitment
Being able to offer more jobs on a flexible basis can be hugely beneficial to your organisation, helping you close the gender pay gap, widen your talent pool, and ensure you have the best person for the job. This toolkit will help you undertake a strategic review of the roles within your organisation, supporting you to recruit more flexibly.
Supporting mothers at work: best practice guides and model policies for employers
This exclusive set of resources offers best-practice guidance for employers who want to go above and beyond in supporting mothers. From maternity leave and pay, to creating a maternity strategy, to IVF support, our guides will give you the tools you need to improve retention and further the career progression of women in your workforce.
Supporting Mothers: Resources for Line Managers
This toolkit provides essential resources for line managers on pregnancy and maternity, including checklists and a template for handover and returning to work. With this information at their fingertips, line managers will be able to manage maternity effectively and sympathetically, increasing retention of women and avoiding the costly business of recruitment.
Shared Parental Leave – a Toolkit for Employers
This toolkit provides a guide for employers of tried and tested ways of encouraging take up of Shared Parental Leave, a model policy, and a Shared Parental Leave Planner which will help parents, their line managers and HR professionals plot when Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave and pay can be taken/claimed.
Supporting Carers in the Workplace – a Toolkit for Employers
This toolkit provides a guide to the tried and tested measures and policies employers can introduce to support the carers in their workforce in whom they have invested significant time and money.
Every role will have some form of flexibility, but not all roles will have all forms of flexibility. This Flex-fit Job Analysis toolkit will help you identify the flexibility inherent in any role and provide a solid evidence base for flexible working discussions.
The what, who, why and how of job sharing. Everything you need to know to make job sharing work.
This guide is intended to give some basic guidance about the types of issues you will need to consider if you want to set up a Family/Parents/Carers Network within your organisation.
A model paternity policy that sets out sets out entitlements in respect of Statutory Paternity Leave and Statutory Paternity Pay.
Model Neonatal Care Leave Policy
A model policy outlining the new Neonatal Care Leave applicable to babies born on or after 6 April 2025.