• Barclays, Winner 2013, The My Family Care Best for all Stages of Motherhood Award

  Sector: Finance Location: All UK Employees: 73,383 Barclays has a comprehensive, inclusive and well-resourced suite of support for mothers. With full leadership support from the top of the organisation, Barclays is committed to helping women to reach their full potential. This commitment is visible throughout the company. Careers sites clearly demonstrates support for working parents.…

• American Express, Commended 2013, The Best for Engagement Award

  Sector: Finance Location: UK Employees: 6,200 American Express drives employee engagement through its stated desire to develop a flexible, diverse and inclusive working culture. To ensure that this goal is reflected throughout the whole organisation the financial services company embeds flexibility, diversity and inclusivity in its strategies and policies. Employee engagement is measured annually through…

• Citi, Winner 2013, The National Grid Best for all Stages of Fatherhood Award

  Sector: Finance Location: London Employees: 8,000 Citi has had a specific strategy to support new fathers for a number of years. The company has a well developed Parents network with over 1500 members, and this network comprises a really good proportion of both fathers and mothers. This network enjoys senior sponsorship and provides a full…

• Lloyds Banking Group, Commended 2014, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

  Lloyds Banking Group has a long track record in flexible working, as one of the first employers to open up flexibility to all employees more than 15 years ago. However, it recognises that it needs to be proactive in this area as employee expectations around work–life balance increase, and the business environment changes too. The…

• American Express, Finalist 2014, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

  American Express has taken the approach that flexible working is business as usual, and that it isn’t simply an optional add-on. Flexibility, in its view, is a necessity to help employees work to their full potential. American Express has developed a programme, BlueWork, that integrates flexible working into the core culture of the company. It…

• Barclays plc, Finalist 2014, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

  Barclays’ aim is to foster an organisational culture where flexible working is recognised, appreciated and valued, because it sees the benefits it brings in productivity, responsiveness to customer and client needs and the attraction and retention of talent. Flexible working is seen as standard practice, and employees have a comprehensive suite of working patterns, including…

• RBS, Finalist 2014, The DTCC Best for Innovation Award

  RBS is a UK centred bank and is committed to flexible working, understanding that it brings with it customer and business benefits as well as helping individual employees achieve a good work–life fit. But in order to ensure that its flexible working programmes were successful, RBS realised that it needed to help employees feel confident…

• Lloyds Banking Group, Finalist 2014, The DTCC Best for Innovation Award

  With just over 91,000 employees working from multiple head office and branch sites across the UK and overseas,business travel plays an important part of Lloyds Banking Group’s operations. In June 2011 Lloyds Banking Group launched No Travel Week; an initiative introduced to reduce the cost of business travel by actively encouraging staff to avoid all…

• Northern Trust, Finalist 2014, The E-ON Best for Engagement Award

  Northern Trust has a longstanding commitment to care for its employees. To this end, the Company has established a flexible working and family-friendly culture that respects and supports work-life balance. In 2012, responses to the Employee Engagement Survey suggested areas for possible enhancement, so it became one of Northern Trust’s three global priorities. Additionally, following…

• American Express, Winner 2014, The E-ON Best for Engagement Award

  At American Express, flexible working is central to employee engagement: the business understands the challenges employees face with balancing work, family and other personal commitments. Over the last year, it has reviewed its policies on flexible working to reflect changes in legislation, and has gone a step further by creating an alternative working policy under…

• Lloyds Banking Group, Finalist 2014, The Citymothers Best for All Stages of Motherhood Award

  Lloyds Banking Group is committed to providing the best possible support to all colleagues who are experiencing, or about to experience, motherhood. Its maternity policy, which doesn’t have any service length requirements, allows mothers to take up to 63 weeks’ leave, with the benefit of enhanced pay and the option to return on a phased…

• Barclays PLC, Winner 2014, The Citymothers Best for All Stages of Motherhood Award

  Barclays’ positive approach to motherhood is part of its wider aim to be an employer of choice and are “proud of the support that we provide to our colleagues, whilst ensuring that they are able to achieve their career ambitions.” Steve Weston, Barclays. The bank’s emphasis is on confidence – that employees should not have…