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  • Morgan Sindall – Finalist 2018, Best Large Private Sector Employer Award

    Refreshed family friendly policies include maternity, adoption and Shared Parental leave with 13 weeks on full pay and 13 weeks on half pay.  All senior management teams have undergone unconscious bias workshops and the firm has held virtual careers fairs so applicants with families can take part from home.  Now 62% of employees work flexibly,…

  • Lloyds Banking Group – Winner 2018, Best Large Private Sector Employer Award

    Lloyds Banking Group has integrated family friendly working throughout its business. From being up-front about flexibility in job adverts and offering enhanced maternity and Shared Parental Leave to facilitating an enormous employee support network and running a successful programme for people returning to work after a career break, its family friendly polices permeate everything it does. …

  • Highlands and Islands Enterprise – Joint Winner 2018, Best Public Sector Employer

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) promotes economic growth across the region and offers a range of flexible working options to all staff, including those approaching retirement, to ensure they perform at their best.  Key Points Uncapped ‘special leave’ for emergency situations Flexibility promoted to all employees including those approaching retirement  Staff turnover 6.25 per cent…

  • Ministry of Justice – Winner 2018, Best Flexible Working Initiative Award

    The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) launched its Smarter Working programme to help create a culture that is truly flexible, where people can fully commit to life both inside and outside of work. Employees have been given the support and technology that enables them to work from their core office, their home or one of many commuter hubs. The focus is on ‘what’ work is done, rather than ‘where’ work is done.

  • Royal Air Force – Joint Winner 2018, Best Public Sector Employer

    Retaining talented personnel is key for the Royal Air Force. The organization are constantly looking at new and innovative ways of being an employer of choice.   Key Points 26 weeks’ full pay for maternity, adoption and Shared Parental Leave  200 personnel taken up SPL since its introduction  96.3% of servicewomen return after a period of…

  • Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Finalist 2018, Best Large Private Sector Employer Award

    Between three quarters and 100 per cent of employees work flexibly.  Coaching is offered to parents as well as a Family Buddy scheme. Parents can also access a Working Families Network of employees and use parental leave guides to navigate options.   Enhanced maternity, adoption and Shared Parental Leave include three months full pay and three…

  • Barclays – Winner 2018, Best for Embedded Flexibility Award

    Dynamic Working is Barclays’ ongoing programme to get the best from employees and teams. From recruitment adverts and onboarding processes, to a rolling programme of line manager training and continuous communication about the success of dynamic working for colleagues across the business, it is driving measurable change in how employees work.  Key Points Around 60…

  • Public Health England – Finalist 2018, Best Flexible Working Initiative Award

    A Flexible Working Champions Network was launched in 2016 to promote a flexible work culture and support employees and managers to make this a reality.  More than 2,000 employees took part in a staff survey on the subject and the Network’s original 15 Champions is now bolstered to over 70.  The organisation monitors flexible working…

  • Yorkshire Building Society – Commended 2018, Best Flexible Working Intiative Award

    Yorkshire Building Society launched its Finding the Balance (FTB) programme in May 2017, bringing together and updating policies on family friendly, flexible and agile ways of working.   Flexibility is a ‘day one’ right for all staff, who are actively encouraged to ‘work wherever you want’ if practical and desired.  Enhanced – Parental Leave has been…