The Top Employers for Working Families award winners are unveiled
Published: 16 Jun 2015
The Top Employers for Working Families Special Award winners are unveiled today
Meet the UK’s most family-friendly and flexible employers
Working Families today announced the winners of the annual Top Employers for Working Families Special Awards, sponsored by Computershare. Now in their sixth year, the nationwide awards celebrate and showcase the policies and practices of UK employers who offer exceptional flexible and family-friendly workplaces. After judging the entries anonymously, the panel chose the following winners in the seven award categories.
The Centrica best for flexible working award
Winner: Cafcass
Commended: American Express
The Santander best new flexible working initiative
Winner: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
The DTCC best for innovation award
Joint winner: Deloitte
Joint winner: Ministry of Justice
The Citymothers best for all stages of motherhood award
Winner: iCrossing
The Cityfathers best for all stages of fatherhood award
Winner: London School of Economics and Political Science
Commended: Scottish Parliament
Commended: West Dunbartonshire Council
The Direct Line Group best for line managers award
Winner: iCrossing
The Carers UK and National Grid best for carers and eldercare award
Winner: Centrica
Sarah Jackson, Chief Executive of Working Families said:
‘Congratulations to the 2015 Top Employers for Working Families award winners who have been selected from an outstanding field of organisations. The last year has seen many changes in the world of flexible and family friendly working – the Right to Request flexible working for all and Shared Parental Leave are now firmly in place. The award winners have demonstrated the best and most innovative practices and have gone the extra mile to support their parents, carers and flexible workers. Employers who would like to build a loyal, engaged and productive workforce can find a lot to learn from this year’s Top Employers for Working Families.’
Julian Foster, Managing Director at Computershare said:
“Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s awards, who have demonstrated that both employees and employers benefit from a working culture that allows a balance with family and personal life.
“We’re very proud to be able to support employers in their efforts to provide the best employee benefits available and communicate them in a way that improves productivity, loyalty and happiness in the workplace.
“We were delighted to sponsor the Working Families’ Awards again this year, and look forward to continuing our longstanding relationship with this important charity.”
Working Families will also be announcing their list of SPL Pioneers1 at the awards event on 16th June. The list will recognise those employers who were amongst the first to offer enhanced Shared Parental Leave policies and who are helping to provide more choice and equality for their working parents.
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Notes to editors
The winners will be announced at a ceremony at London’s Vintners’ Hall on the afternoon of Tuesday 16th June
For more information on all the winners and their entry contact
Liz Whitehead, Working Families Press Office on 020 7017 0064 or email press@workingfamilies.org.uk
Case studies on the finalists and winners are available under embargo here.
1The SPL Pioneers are: Accenture; Addleshaw Goddard; AIG; American Express; Barclays; Brunel University London; Citi; Deloitte; Discovery Corporate Services; DLA Piper; EY; Hogan Lovells; JP Morgan; King & Wood Mallesons; KPMG; Linklaters; Lloyds; LSE; Mayer Brown; National Assembly for Wales; PWC; RBS; Royal Air Force; Royal Bank of Canada; Scottish Parliament; Scottish Power; Societe Generale; TSB; UBS; UK Civil Service
Top Employers for Working Families Special Awards 2015
www.topemployersforworkingfamilies.org.uk
Judging Panel. The final winners of each Special Award category were judged by the following panel: Sarah Jackson OBE, Chief Executive, Working Families; Katie Jacobs, Editor, HR magazine; Mary Mercer, Associate Principal Consultant, Institute for Employment Studies; Sue Lewis, Professor of Organisational Psychology in the School of Leadership, Work and Organisation at Middlesex University Business School; Charlotte Sweeney, consultant, thought leader and writer on diversity, inclusion, engagement and wellbeing; and Jonathan Swan, Research Officer, Working Families. The judging process for the Special Awards is anonymous – none of the judges knows the identity of the companies which they are judging.
About Working Families
Working Families is the UK’s leading work-life organisation. The charity supports and gives a voice to working parents and carers, whilst also helping employers create workplaces which encourage work-life balance for everyone. www.workingfamilies.org.uk Twitter @workingfamuk
The Working Families helpline for parents, carers and their advisers gives advice on employment rights and benefits. Call 0300 012 0312 or email advice@workingfamilies.org.uk
Lead Sponsor – Computershare
Media Partner – HR magazine
Media Partner – Guardian Women in Leadership
Carers UK– joint sponsor of best for carers and eldercare
Centrica– sponsor of the best for flexible working award
Direct Line Group– sponsor of the best for line managers award
DTCC– sponsor of the best for innovation award
National Grid– joint sponsor of best for carers and eldercare
Santander– sponsor of the best new flexible working initiative