Working Families’ Best Practice Awards – the shortlist is unveiled
Published: 30 May 2018
After a record-breaking number of entries, Working Families announces the shortlist of employers who are offering outstanding flexible and employee-friendly workplaces.
The organisations which have made it through to the shortlist in one or more of the 13 categories in Working Families’ Best Practice Awards is unveiled today.
Forward-thinking employers who are using family friendly policies and an agile approach are reaping the benefits of raised productivity and reduced employee turnover as well as creating equality in their workplace. They are also seeing gains in employee engagement, morale and career progression.
Established in 2010, the Working Families’ Best Practice Awards showcase and celebrate employers who are offering flexibility for all their people and going the extra mile in their support for parents and carers.
Employers from a diverse range of sectors from across the UK have competed to catch the judges’ attention in 13 categories. The shortlisted organisations are:
My Family Care Best for Mothers
Millwood Servicing
Royal Air Force
Westfield Europe
UBS Best for Fathers
Westfield Europe
Pinsent Masons
The Carers UK Best for Carers & Eldercare
Centrica
Cityparents Best Family Network
Santander
Barclays
Sky
Cityparents Best Innovation
The Difference Collective
Barclays
Lewis Silkin
Best for Flexible Recruitment
KnownFour
The Government Equalities Office Best Returner Programme
Deloitte
Morgan Stanley
UBS
Lloyds Banking Group
Best for Embedded Flexibility
Barclays
Oliver Wyman
Designated Group
Best Flexible Working Initiative
Public Health England
Yorkshire Building Society
Ministry of Justice
Best for Line Manager Support
Royal Air Force
Barclays
Westfield Europe
Best Large Private Sector Employer
Morgan Sindall
Westfield Europe
Lloyds Banking Group
Best Small Employer
Independent Living Fund Scotland
LUC
Pursuit Marketing
Best Public Sector Employer
Crown Prosecution Service
Royal Air Force
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
Sarah Jackson OBE, Chief Executive of Working Families and chair of the judging panel said:
Congratulations to our finalists, whose flexible, agile approach has earnt them a much-coveted place in the shortlist of this year’s Best Practice Awards. We had a record-breaking number of entries in 2018, but these outstanding entries caught the eye of the judging panel.
Our research shows that for nearly three quarters of parents, family is their number one priority. With 11 million working parents in the UK making up more than a third of the workforce, it’s initiatives like these that will help them balance work and family life and progress in their careers.”
The final winners of each Award category are judged by an expert panel. The judging process for the Awards is anonymous – none of the judges knows the identity of the companies which they are judging.
The winners of the Working Families’ Best Practice Awards will be announced at London’s Vintners’ Hall on 20th June 2018.