• DLA Piper, Finalist 2015, The Santander Best New Flexible Working Initiative

  DLA Piper’s initiative has given a real boost to flexibility by rebranding and relaunching it as ‘agile working’. In particular, DLA Piper has focused on career progression,  often a challenge for flexible workers, through the use of job-sharing supported by clever use of technology. For the rebrand, the  firm developed two guides: one for employees…

• Cafcass, Winner 2015, The Centrica Best for Flexible Working Award

  Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) is a non-departmental public body that safeguards and promotes the welfare of children; gives advice to family courts; makes provision for children to be represented; and provides information, advice and support to children and their families. Cafcass has undergone a wholesale transformation; in 2010 the Public…

• Barclays Bank, Finalist 2015, The Santander Best New Flexible Working Initiative

  Barclays has made its belief in flexible working real through a wholesale commitment to change. Its year-long Dynamic Working Campaign (DWC),  developed in 2014, recognised that people have many roles throughout each life stage, at home and at work, and need time, flexibility and energy to fulfil them all. DWC has developed a culture where…

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Finalist 2015, The DTCC Best for Innovation Award

  The Projects Task Force (PTF) was set up in 2012 in response to a need for greater flexibility in dealing with emerging priorities and a belief that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was not maximising the benefits of staff looking to work atypically (part-time or remotely). The organisation saw this as an opportunity to…

• EY, Finalist 2015, The Santander Best New Flexible Working Initiative

  Professional Services firm EY recognised that introducing flexible working was more about a change in culture than a change in policy or legislation. For that reason EY engaged a Working Families Change Management and Optimal Performance specialist to design and deliver an internal  programme of behavioural and operation change. The change programme, designed to scale…

• National Assembly for Wales, Finalist 2015, The Centrica Best for Flexible Working Award

  Flexibility has been embedded within the National Assembly for Wales through the creation of the ‘People Strategy’ which stresses the need for the Assembly to be exemplar and leader of best practice, especially in the way it acts as an employer. Employees have access to a range of flexible working options, including; flexible working hours,…

• UK Civil Service, Finalist 2015, The Santander Best New Flexible Working Initiative Award

  Civil Service Resourcing and the Civil Service Job Share Working Group have developed an online tool which allows all civil servants to identify and contact each other when looking for a job-share partnership. The aim is to uphold the Civil Service’s commitment to being a flexible employer and to increase the number of staff finding…

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Winner 2015, The Santander Best New Flexible Working Initiative Award

  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has implemented an ambitious initiative to enable people to take significant leave when needed and return to work against a background of austerity and the challenge of overseas working. The FCO’s Special Unpaid Lead (SUPL) offer is unique, allowing employees breaks from the office for up to five years…

• Centrica – Winner 2015 Scottish Top Employers (large private sector)

  At Centrica success depends on its people and it knows that family wellbeing really matters.

• Skyscanner – Commended 2015 Scottish Top Employers (large private sector)

  Skyscanner strives to ensure working parents can balance their work and family commitments, recognising that such an approach is vital for staff happiness, engagement and productivity.

• Allianz, Finalist 2013, The RBS Best for Flexible Working Award

  Sector: Insurance Location: All UK Employees: 4,500 Allianz recognises the importance of the family and the need to support working parents and carers in ways that help them balance their work and family lives. The starting point is the understanding that parental (and caring) responsibilities are constant irrespective of the time of day and that…

• Plantronics, Commended 2013, The RBS Best for Flexible Working Award

  Sector: Technology/Communications Location: Royal Wootton Bassett Employees: 120 UK based, 3,500 worldwide Plantronics is a medium-sized company specialising in the technology sector. They have developed what they call an ‘ultimate’ approach to flexibility which allows complete flexibility about how, where and when work is done. Even if they are in the office, there are a…