Scout’s Scotland – Winner 2020 – Scottish Top Employers Awards (Third Sector)
Scout’s Scotland understands that people need to be able to balance work and life at home in a healthy way.
Response IT Services – Finalist 2019, Best for Fathers
A small firm where flexible working is the norm for all fathers and is modelled by the three (male) directors, who accommodate family activities around their work.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Winner 2019, Best for Fathers
Fathers benefit from four weeks’ fully paid paternity leave, which they can use flexibly and is available from day one of employment. Enhanced shared parental pay of three months at full pay and three months at half pay was taken up by 31% of eligible fathers in 2018 and flexible working requests from men are routinely approved.
Deloitte – Commended 2019, Best for Fathers
The professional services firm offers fathers enhanced paternity pay and enhanced shared parental leave (SPL) pay. A total of 143 fathers took SPL in 2018.
Virgin Money – 2019 Scottish Top Employers
‘The baby app’ was created in-house by a number of talented individuals from across all areas of the business.
Pinsent Masons – Finalist 2018, UBS Best for Fathers Award
ParentsMatter@PinsentMasons is the law firm’s online coaching programme offering support and guidance on becoming a parent and managing work. A total of 400 employees have already signed up. Fathers are eligible for enhanced Shared Parental Leave, a mentoring scheme, webinars and speaker events on work and fatherhood and can access a parenting employee network, including…
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Winner 2018, UBS Best for Fathers Network Award
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield offers fathers many forms of support to help them find the right balance between work and family life including enhanced paternity leave, Shared Parental Leave, workshops for fathers and a family buddy system. Key Points Four weeks Paternity Leave on full pay taken by all relevant staff, which can also be taken in separate blocks.…
London School of Economics and Political Science, Joint Winner 2012, Best for Fathers Award
The LSE is a leading university employing nearly 3,000 people, of whom 51 percent are men. The LSE is committed to being a strong family-friendly employer. Following the results of the 2010 Top Employers for Working Families Benchmark, LSE decided to increase their levels of support for parents via a strategy of building capabilities and…
Citi, Joint Winner 2012, Best for Fathers Award
Citi is a large global banking group, who employ more than 8,500 people in the UK, of whom 6,000 are men. A number of years ago the Bank recognised that men were less likely to connect with information held on the intranet about policies and opportunities around fatherhood than were mothers. In 2009 Citi launched…
Registers of Scotland, Commended 2011, The Best for Fathers Award
Fathers are given paid time off to attend up to three antenatal appointments and are able to use a very flexible flexitime system to take more time off if required. Qualifying fathers can take four weeks of fully paid paternity leave. Fathers are able to phase back from paternity leave, and work flexibly. Ten per…
The London School of Economics and Political Science, Finalist 2011, The Best for Fathers Award
LSE’s policies for fathers are part of a wider organisation-wide strategy aiming to promote a good work-life balance and better wellbeing amongst its staff. The School aims to make it culturally unremarkable for fathers to be involved in caring for their children, so paternity pay is paid at full salary, and the leave is flexible:…
Henmans LLP, Finalist 2011, The Best for Fathers Award
Paternity leave is paid at enhanced rates for one week, with no qualifying period for employees. Paternity returners are able to phase back to work. This is in support of a culture which seeks to treat men and women equally, with several men at a senior level working flexibly and sharing care more or less…
