• Royal Air Force – Joint Winner 2018, Best Public Sector Employer

  Retaining talented personnel is key for the Royal Air Force. The organization are constantly looking at new and innovative ways of being an employer of choice.   Key Points 26 weeks’ full pay for maternity, adoption and Shared Parental Leave  200 personnel taken up SPL since its introduction  96.3% of servicewomen return after a period of…

• Royal Air Force – Winner 2018, My Family Care Best for Mothers Award

  The RAF has an impressive retention rate for mothers that reflects the support it offers and proves any organisation can embrace family friendly and flexible ways of working.  Key Points 96.3 per cent retention rate of mothers one year after maternity leave, and 72 per cent five years after. Practical measures to help mothers’ careers…

• Barclays, Finalist 2012, The Lexington Gray Best for Flexible Working Award

  Barclays is a large bank employing over 140,000 people globally. Since 2002 they have made flexible working available to all staff, as part of a business wide focus on attracting and retaining talent. The drivers to promoting flexibility have been numerous: strengthening employee engagement; becoming a destination ‘employer of choice’; improving female retention and career…

• Deloitte LLP, Finalist 2011, The Deutsche Bank Best for Innovation & Engagement Award

  Driven by a desire to improve retention, especially of women, Deloitte have developed a suite of benefits for parents which includes, amongst other things, mini fridges by your desk for storing breast milk, discounts to family attractions and events for parents on things like choosing schools. These benefits, which complement a comprehensive policy are designed…

• Inspiring Scotland, Finalist 2017, The Direct Line Group Best for Embedded Flexibility Award

  Flexibility is embedded in Inspiring Scotland. In total 87 per cent of employees have formal flexible working arrangements, including home working, reduced hours, compressed hours and non-standard hours. The organisation actively promotes flexibility, seeing it as a normal way of working and using it to attract high calibre staff keen to achieve work-life balance. Inspiring…

• West Dunbartonshire Council, Winner 2017, Best Public Sector Employer

  Extending flexible recruitment to proactively ask candidates what flexibility they desire Extensive support for carers and bereaved employees Making strides to support fathers in equal parenting West Dunbartonshire Council’s (WDC’s) commitment to being the best was clear to the judges in the steady progress made in its family friendly provision. WDC understands what employees want…

• Dulas, Winner 2017, The Deloitte Best for all stages of Motherhood Award

  100 per cent retention rate for mothers five years after the birth of their first child All requests for flexibility approved Mothers make up two-thirds of the senior management team Engineering firm Dulas is bucking the trend in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics) businesses, with its extremely successful retention strategies for new mothers…

• Sacker & Partners LLP, Joint Winner 2016, The Cityparents Best for all stages of Motherhood Award

  Key features Mothers benefit from a personal one to one mentoring scheme where they are carefully matched with their mentor to ensure they get the best support. Senior grade gender balance is impressive with 60 per cent of partners being female and the majority of these are mothers. Flexible working is widespread, including at senior…

• Deloitte LLP, Joint Winner 2016, The Cityparents Best for All Stages of Motherhood Award

  Key features Deloitte has introduced the Working Parents Transitions Programme for new parents and their managers to ensure they receive the best support prior to, during and after maternity leave The programme has attracted over 70 per cent of new mothers and seen the number of mothers leaving within 18 months of return from maternity…

• Brand Learning, Joint Winner 2014, The Childcarescheme Top Small Family Friendly Employer Award

  Brand Learning is a global consultancy with unique expertise in lifting the capabilities of people and organisations to drive growth by creating better value for their customers. Founded in 2000, by Mhairi McEwan and Andy Bird with hubs in London, Singapore and New York, the team of 120 employees have worked with over 100 leading…

• Scottish Government, Winner 2014, The DTCC Best for Innovation Award

  The Scottish Government is moving to be a smaller, more flexible organisation, operating within constrained running costs. It needs to embrace new ways of working within the office environment. At the same time, it recognises that staff would benefit from working more flexibly, in the hours they work, how they work and increasingly, where they…