• Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Finalist 2019, Best for Mental Health & Wellbeing

  Mental health training for managers and the creation of mental health champions supports mental wellbeing. Champions deliberately include employees who work on the company’s construction sites.

• Public Health England – Finalist 2018, Best Flexible Working Initiative Award

  A Flexible Working Champions Network was launched in 2016 to promote a flexible work culture and support employees and managers to make this a reality.  More than 2,000 employees took part in a staff survey on the subject and the Network’s original 15 Champions is now bolstered to over 70.  The organisation monitors flexible working…

• Ashurst LLP, Commended 2011, The Deutsche Bank Best for Innovation & Engagement Award

  Ashurst has taken a holistic approach to work/life fit. In addition to focussing on individual requirements as they arise, the firm decided to review the way the organisation works as a whole. The senior partner leads a committee which has reviewed work practices and the work/life fit of employees, taking on board the responses of…

• American Express, Winner 2011, The Deutsche Bank Best for Innovation & Engagement Award

  American Express is focussing on developing its leadership into visible ‘champions’ of flexibility for the whole business and has put in place a programme to develop its top people into effective leaders of a flexible culture. The programme is designed to make sure that the leaders of the business fully understand and embody a flexible…

• Alexander Mann Solutions, Winner 2017, the Cross River Partnership Best Flexible Working Initiative Award

  Specific business objective that ‘all roles can flex in some way’ to establish an agile workforce Collaborative technology platforms introduced to give more team members the tools to work flexibly Passionate promoters at all levels demonstrating company-wide support for flexibility Talent acquisition and talent management leader Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) last year launched a global…

• 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…

• Scottish Parliament – Highly Commended 2016 The Fathers Network Scotland Best for all Stages of Fatherhood Award

  The parliament recognise the importance of fathers at all stages - from before the arrival of a new baby, when they return to work following parental leave, and as they go through each life stage.

• Scottish Parliament, Commended 2015, The Cityfathers Best for all Stages of Fatherhood Award

  The Scottish Parliament wants to play its part, as a public sector employer, in embracing change in parenting and giving fathers a voice, because it believes that society can only change and make parenting a more equal partnership if employers make their contribution through how they promote their policies on maternity, paternity and adoption and…

• West Dunbartonshire Council, Commended 2015, The Cityfathers Best for all Stages of Fatherhood Award

  West Dunbartonshire Council has shown that it is fully committed to supporting working fathers to achieve balance between work and family life. The council’s workforce is predominantly female (71%) and it is widely recognised that women are more likely to undertake caring responsibilities and to work flexibly and/or part-time. Through encouraging working fathers to take…

• iCrossing, Finalist 2015, The Cityfathers Best for all Stages of Fatherhood Award

  iCrossing has demonstrated its totally flexible approach to achieving balance between work and home life through the way it considers fathers. This approach is based on a well-considered and well-executed business case: the company is aware that, in the digital industry, demand is high for the most talented experts and tenure can be short. It…

• Wales and West Housing, Finalist 2015, The Direct Line Group Best for Line Managers Award

  Wales and West Housing (WWH) demonstrated that it was really thinking about the role of the line manager in establishing culture and performance, essential for implementing effective flexible working, by embarking on a journey called ‘Developing heroes to make a difference’. This is a bespoke employee development programme which includes ‘Development Conversations’ training for all…

• Simmons & Simmons, Winner 2013, The RBS Best for Flexible Working Award

  Sector: Law Location: London Employees: 796 Simmons & Simmons has two clear objectives as they encourage take up of flexible working: to empower their people to be able to choose a working pattern that meets their needs and provides a good work-life fit; and to facilitate increased flexibility in the firm’s working practices to deliver…