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  • EY, Winner 2016, Best for Flexible Recruitment Award

    Key Features EY has a recruitment drive to double the size of the business in the next four years and flexible working is being used to attract and retain the best talent. A communications campaign called ‘The Future is Flexible’ has seen applications to EY increase by 27 per cent. Partners and hiring managers have…

  • Lloyds Banking Group, Finalist 2016, The Innovation Award

    Key features Lloyds Banking Group has sought to really embed flexibility across the organisation by taking an innovative approach to agile working The Getting Smart about Agile Working campaign reaches across the business from more inclusive job advertising to agile working assessments for business areas to reducing travel initiatives. The company is receiving more than…

  • Deloitte LLP, Finalist 2016, The Innovation Award

    Key features Deloitte designed a returners programme with the purpose of reconnecting the firm with senior, talented women who have had time away from their professional careers – for parenthood, family care or other reasons. Agile working was a cornerstone of the programme, making the return to work as smooth as possible. Initial ‘Insight’ days…

  • ScottishPower, Finalist 2016, The Direct Line Group Best for Embedded Flexibility Award

    Key features A ‘business as usual’ approach to flexible working while still implementing new ideas to embed flexibility further. Managers are trained in managing flexible working and in 2015 over 90 per cent of requests for flexible working were agreed. ScottishPower is implementing ‘smart working’ to enable employees to adopt less formal flexible working to…

  • Barclays, Winner 2016, The Direct Line Group Best for Embedded Flexibility Award

    Key features Thoroughly embedded flexibility born out of listening to staff and colleagues. Barclays has moved from a point where flexibility was available to everyone for personal reasons to a point were dynamic working is how Barclays achieves its business. Support is available for whole teams to develop dynamic working together. In the future, Barclays…

  • J.P. Morgan, Finalist 2016, The Cityparents Best for All Stages of Motherhood Award

    Key features Comprehensive support for mothers from all grades and from day one of employment. Paid-for emergency childcare support Training for managers to ensure they are equipped to support women as they approach maternity leave and return from it. An 18 week returners programme to support women who have had extended leave from the financial…

  • Santander, Finalist 2016, The Centrica Best for Modern Families Award

    Key features Santander has introduced an early extension of Shared Parental Leave (SPL) to grandparents, a scheme that is widely believed to be the first of its kind in the UK. Grandparents will now receive the same benefits as women on maternity leave and partners taking SPL, with 16 weeks of full pay provided Santander…

  • J.P. Morgan, Finalist 2016, The Centrica Best for Modern Families Award

    Key features A wide ranging approach to diversity covering recruitment, employee networks, provision of faith rooms and support for those on global assignments. Investment in modern families, providing private medical insurance that subsidises fertility treatment as well as investing in staff networks. Staff networks are taken seriously and respected with nearly 40 per cent of…

  • Cisco, Winner 2016, The American Express Best Flexible Working Initiative Award

    Key features Cisco is leveraging their latest technology to drive employee mobility and flexibility in the company. Employees who work flexibly give back 60 per cent of reduced commute time to Cisco; employees personally save approximately £700 per year on commuting costs and those who work flexibly are 22 per cent more likely to be…