• Berwin Leighton Paisner, Finalist 2017, Best for Flexible Recruitment Award

  A new office was set up to operate in a more flexible way, challenging law firms’ traditional ways of working. Home-based team of real estate lawyers recruited as part of this drive. Flexi-time system trialled in the firm’s Manchester office. Together with formal flexible arrangements this means 96 per cent of the Manchester office have…

• 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…

• Lloyds Banking Group, Winner 2017, Best Large Private Sector Employer

  Enhancements offered for all family leave Proactive support for flexibility in recruitment processes Launched a colleague network for parents and carers Lloyds Banking Group puts flexible work at the heart of its business, focusing on agile workers, parents and carers. Agile working is key to the Group’s strategy. Over a third of employees work in…

• 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…

• Lloyds Banking Group, Winner 2017, Best for Flexible Recruitment Award

  Job advertisements are specific about the types of flexible working that are possible in the role. Role design and agile hiring toolkit for line managers launched Massive technology investment to support agility Lloyds Banking Group has extended its agile approach into the hiring process. The bank has worked with candidates and managers to enhance advertising…

• FanDuel – Highly Commended 2017 Top Scottish Employers for Working Families

  FanDuel’s ethos is based on productivity and a good work-life balance. If employees can do a job from a different location or within different hours, every situation is treated individually to assess if the company can support it

• Inspiring Scotland

  Flexible and family friendly working makes business sense to Inspiring Scotland. It is intrinsic to its company values and as such is mentioned explicitly in the recruitment stage.

• Lloyds Banking Group – Winner 2017 Scottish Top Employers (large private sector)

  Family friendly working is in Lloyds Banking Group’s (LBG) DNA.

• J.P. Morgan, Finalist 2016, The Cityparents Best for All Stages of Motherhood Award

  Key features Comprehensive support for mothers from all grades and from day one of employment. Paid-for emergency childcare support Training for managers to ensure they are equipped to support women as they approach maternity leave and return from it. An 18 week returners programme to support women who have had extended leave from the financial…

• West Dunbartonshire Council – Winner 2016 The Carers Scotland Best for Carers and Eldercare Award

  Family Friendly working dovetails into the Council’s “Be the Best” strategy. This creates a working environment where employees can excel, and supports the organisation’s key ambitions.

• 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…