• 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…

• Citi, Commended 2012, The Best for Mothers Award

  Citi is a large global banking group, employing more than 8,500 people in the UK. The bank has, for the last decade, aimed to provide a high level of maternity support: policy to safeguard maternity leavers’ annual compensation reviews, back-up emergency childcare, childcare vouchers, an on-site BUPA health centre, a tailored Employee Assistance Programme, and…

• Royal Bank of Scotland, Finalist 2012, The Lexington Gray Best for Flexible Working Award

  Royal Bank of Scotland is a large global bank, employing over 90,000 people in the UK. Flexible working is seen as a core component in being an employer of choice and also helping the bank deliver improved services to its customers. The development of a flexible working culture across the company is driven by a…

• Northern Trust, Winner 2012, The Lexington Gray Best for Flexible Working Award

  Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Chicago, Northern Trust is a financial services company employing 1,400 across Europe, Middle East and Africa. (EMEA).  Like many organisations, they have a suite of flexible working policies on offer, but they recognise that it is the day-to-day uptake and use of these policies which is the real test…

• 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…

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

  American Express employs over 6000 employees in the UK. They have committed, at a strategic level, to create a diverse and flexible culture.  This strategy is driven by the UK Diversity Council, which is chaired by the UK Country Manager and made up of senior leaders from all American Express businesses throughout the UK.  American…

• American Express, Winner 2011, The Deutsche Bank Best for Innovation & Engagement Award

  American Express is focussing on developing its leadership into visible ‘champions’ of flexibility for the whole business and has put in place a programme to develop its top people into effective leaders of a flexible culture. The programme is designed to make sure that the leaders of the business fully understand and embody a flexible…

• Deutsche Bank, Winner 2011, the Best for Mothers Award

  Having introduced a maternity coaching programme in 2008, Deutsche Bank has seen this benefit grow in popularity year on year. The coaching is not only offered to pregnant women, but also to all managers of women going on maternity leave. For women, the coaching program is designed to support a successful transition from and back…

• JP Morgan, Finalist 2017, The Deloitte Best for all stages of Motherhood Award

  Senior steering committee set up to review the maternity support offered and how it can be strengthened. Maternity buddy programme expanded, sitting alongside coaching and line manager training. Quarterly returner lunches for those back from leave, plus re-entry programme for women out of the workforce for two or more years – 100 per cent of…

• Barclays, Finalist 2017, The Deloitte Best for all stages of Motherhood Award

  To increase retention, Barclays introduced a programme of support from pre-post maternity, including workshops, networking, briefing packs for employees and managers, KIT sessions. A mentoring tool was developed as a platform for career development discussions and dedicated portal Woman@Barclays created to bring together support resources. Dynamic (flexible) working campaign to reduce discrimination by promoting flexibility…

• Barclays, Finalist 2017, The Cityparents Best for all stages of Fatherhood Award

  So far 162 parents have taken shared parental leave at Barclays – 95 per cent of them fathers. There are also high levels of paid paternity leave take-up. Dedicated coaching sessions and webinars are run to support fathers and of 3,085 members of the bank’s family network, 42 per cent are men. Fathers are supported…

• Barclays, Finalist 2017, The Allen & Overy Innovation Award

  Welcome back to work programme offering 12-week placements for senior women who have taken a multi-year career break and want to explore ways of getting back into the working world. Direct channel to recruit high potential senior women from a previously-overlooked talent pool. Six initial placements led to four extended contracts and five seeking permanent…