• 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.

• FYXER – Finalist 2019, Best for Mothers

  A small organisation that consulted employees and created enhanced maternity provision based on feedback.

• Barclays – Winner 2019, Best for Mothers

  Offering enhanced maternity pay available from ‘day one’, support for employees undergoing fertility treatment, mandatory training for managers, a Parenting Portal, coaching and flexible working mean 90 per cent of mothers return after having their baby.

• Mum & You – Finalist 2019, Best for Mothers

  This mother & baby company is as innovative in the ways it looks after its employees as in the products it designs.

• Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Finalist 2019, Best for Mothers

  Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave provision, maternity buddy, coaching and line manger training ensure mothers feel supported throughout their pregnancy, maternity leave and returning to work.

• 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.

• Deloitte – Winner 2019 Scottish Top Employers (large private sector)

  The Deloitte approach to flexible and family friendly working is all about; trust, output and good communication.

• Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Finalist 2018, My Family Care Best for Mothers Award

  Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield offers three months’ full pay and three months’ half pay to mothers on maternity or adoption leave.  Before and after leave, mothers benefit from external coaching sessions. When they return, a Family Buddy – another employee who is already a working parent – helps with practical and emotional issues.  Some are offered places on ‘women…

• Millwood Servicing – Finalist 2018, My Family Care Best for Mothers Award

  Fire safety and electrical engineering firm, Millwood Servicing, has an impressive 100 per cent return rate for mothers – even five years after their children was born.  Family flexible working is promoted throughout the organisation along with open and honest conversations about anything employees feel can help balance work and family life.  The firm’s holiday…

• 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…

• Loop Customer Management, Commended 2012, Best for Mothers Award

  Loop Customer Management provides billing & collection and customer services for Yorkshire Water. They employ 578 people, 70 per cent of whom are women. Because they have a large number of female workers, it is vital that they are able to get maternity policies right to both ensure that they manage the maternity process well,…

• KPMG LLP, Finalist 2012, Best for Mothers Award

  KPMG is a professional services firm employing more than 12,000 people in the UK. Driven by a desire to retain their female employees, and increase the number of women at senior levels of management, KPMG has a comprehensive range of support for working mothers. Well-paid maternity leave is complemented on return to work with a…