• Centrica – Winner 2018, Carers UK Best for Carers and Eldercare Award

  Centrica has been supporting employees with caring responsibilities since it founded its Carers Network in 2005. The network now has 1,000 members and Centrica offers paid Care Leave to help staff manage caring responsibilities and reduce stress in the workplace.

• 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…

• University of the West of Scotland – 2018 Scottish Top Employers

  University of the West of Scotland (UWS) wants employees to feel valued and believes that family friendly working gets the best out of people.

• Older workers individual case study: the HR Director

  Jean Young, 62. HR Director of a professional services firm ‘I can’t afford to retire yet. I have a part-company pension from my previous job and a smaller -personal pension and I will need to work until I’m 65. Unlike the larger firms, we don’t lose people when they reach 55 – there are a number…

• Wales & West Housing, Finalist 2012, Best for Carers and Eldercare Award

  Wales & West Housing has taken steps to ensure that employees who are carers are well and fairly treated. As they themselves say: “Supporting employees with caring responsibilities isn’t just an issue for liberal policy statements and formal procedures; it is a matter of ingrained cultural values.” Managers are encouraged to be open and employees…

• London School of Economics and Political Science, Finalist 2012, Best for Carers and Eldercare Award

  The LSE is a leading university employing nearly 3,000 people. The LSE is committed to being a strong family-friendly employer. In recognition that a large proportion of the workforce in the UK are carers of adults LSE decided to offer support to their employees who have such responsibilities. As a model for the carers of…

• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Winner 2012, Best for Carers and Eldercare Award

  Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust employs over 3,000 people. The Trust was aware that in their workforce was a group of people who were caring for others, but did not define themselves as carers as they did not recognise their own, sometimes gradual, transition to becoming a carer. The Trust decided that it would…

• BT, Commended 2012, Best for Carers and Eldercare Award

  BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications services and solutions employing more than 89,000 people worldwide and 73,800 people in the UK. With such a large workforce the company reflects the experiences of UK society and demographic trends, including the increasing number of working people who are becoming carers. BT has recognised…

• Mayer Brown, Finalist 2011, The Deutsche Bank Best for Innovation & Engagement Award

  Mayer Brown set about developing a number of initiatives which would create greater engagement for their employees. For the first time they rolled out an employee survey and introduced a carers network, while also piloting a mentoring scheme. They have also implemented a backup dependent and child care scheme. The firm aims to be a…

• Registers of Scotland, Finalist 2011, The Legal & General Best for Carers Award

  Operating a very flexible flexitime system and a range of options that allow flexibility across the week, month or year means that carers are able to reconcile their work and caring responsibilities. In addition, special leave of up to 10 paid days per annum can be granted to support carers in managing their commitments. Information…

• Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Winner 2011, The Legal & General Best for Carers Award

  Recognition of carers as an ‘unheard’ group of employees who were hesitant about asking for support led to the development of a strategy deliberately aimed at carers working in the Trust. An ‘easy read’ guide has been developed and lunchtime sessions for carers are held, as well as sessions aimed at managing stress for carers.…

• Centrica, Finalist 2011, The Legal & General Best for Carers Award

  A highly developed and long established carer’s policy extends across the organisation to all people. This is backed up with a thriving carer’s network which has run since 2004. Dependents are widely defined, maximising the likelihood of being able to take the carer’s leave. Additional leave is at the discretion of the line manager, and…