• Arnold Clark – Winner 2019, Best for Flexible Recruitment

  Switching to a five-day working week rather than the automotive standard of six, and using social media to showcase flexible work patterns of a diverse range of employees has resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of women recruited.

• Deloitte – Commended 2019, Best for Embedded Flexibility

  A top-down culture supports flexible working, which is common among employees.

• Suffolk County Council – Finalist 2019, Best for Flexible Recruitment

  Introducing a mandatory step to the recruitment process that requires hiring managers to consider how a job could be done flexibly means around 60% of jobs are now advertised with specific flexible options. Almost none were advertised with specific flexible options in 2017.

• LUC – 2019 Scottish Top Employers

  LUC is an organisation that truly recognises the importance of advertising flexible jobs.

• Ministry of Justice – Winner 2018, Best Flexible Working Initiative Award

  The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) launched its Smarter Working programme to help create a culture that is truly flexible, where people can fully commit to life both inside and outside of work. Employees have been given the support and technology that enables them to work from their core office, their home or one of many commuter hubs. The focus is on ‘what’ work is done, rather than ‘where’ work is done.

• Crown Prosecution Service – Finalist 2018, Best Public Sector Employer

  The launch of a Smarter Working policy enables staff to work from home, any CPS office or police station with positive results for staff wellbeing and performance.  An online portal provides staff and managers access to all the policies, principles and guidance they need.  Carers workshops for employees who are carers and line managers explore…

• Barclays – Winner 2018, Best for Embedded Flexibility Award

  Dynamic Working is Barclays’ ongoing programme to get the best from employees and teams. From recruitment adverts and onboarding processes, to a rolling programme of line manager training and continuous communication about the success of dynamic working for colleagues across the business, it is driving measurable change in how employees work.  Key Points Around 60…

• KnownFour – Commended 2018, Best for Flexible Recruitment Award

  All jobs at recruitment firm, KnownFour, are advertised as flexible.  All staff choose where they work and how they structure their hours. Even those who work full-time work flexibly around school-runs or other commitments. All staff currently choose to work from home.  The company’s hiring framework includes a stage for prospective employees to explore how…

• Allianz Insurance UK, Finalist 2011, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

  A wide range of flexible working policies are available. All staff are entitled to work flexibly, not just parents and carers. The underlying notion of this is that parental responsibilities are constant irrespective of the time of day and that everyone is different in their approach to parenthood and way of dealing with its demands.…

• Berwin Leighton Paisner, Finalist 2017, Best Large Private Sector Employer Award

  Recruitment advertising promotes the firm’s increasing levels of flexibility. Senior management encourage informal flexible working and 25 per cent of the workforce have formal flexibility agreements. Training offered for managing remote workers, networks launched to support parents, family day introduced and series of talks provided on a range of family issues. Shared parental leave enhanced…

• Virtual Sales Team, Finalist 2017, Best for Flexible Recruitment Award

  Virtual Sales Team’s business model is designed on flexibility and all external roles are advertised as flexible. The company has set a target that full-time staff will not exceed 20 per cent of the workforce, aiming to create a diverse team of employees who provide a better quality of service for clients. Overall, 83 per…

• OUTiCO, Finalist 2017, Best for Flexible Recruitment Award

  Pharmaceutical SME OUTiCO actively recruits on the basis of flexibility. As well as using the Happy to Talk Flexible Working strapline, it is including flexibility in the advert headline, attracting candidates who are looking for better work-life balance. Flexible contracts are offered as standard – 100 per cent of staff have flexibility. The company uses…