• 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…

• Henmans LLP, Finalist 2012, The Lexington Gray Best for Flexible Working Award

  Henmans LLP is a law firm based in Oxford, employing 123 people. The initial impetus for flexible working began before 2000, when two partners reduced their hours to better fit in with family life. This started in train a process which led the firm to challenge the belief that lawyers needed to spend 10 hours…

• Forum for the Future, Finalist 2012, The Lexington Gray Best for Flexible Working Award

  Forum for the Future is a voluntary organisation employing 66 people. Being small, their challenge is to offer flexibility whilst at the same time preserving a strong ethos of the organisational team. To do this they have adopted a wide range of flexibility which is deployed on a semi-formal basis. Most staff work at home…

• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Finalist 2012, The Lexington Gray Best for Flexible Working Award

  At the Trust, which employs over 3,000 people, all employees have the right to request to work flexibly. However, the Trust has recognised that with employee needs constantly changing they need to develop their understanding of the policies and practices which underpin their flexible working culture. Following the creation of a role specifically designed to…

• 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…

• Dell Corporation Ltd, Finalist 2011, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

  Dell have invested in the technology to allow people to work from home, providing employees with the tools and training they need to move to home based working. Additionally they offer financial support to do this. Training for managers and staff is provided to ensure that home based working is not stigmatised, and managers are…

• Chwarae Teg, Finalist 2011, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

  Chwarae Teg offers a comprehensive approach to flexible working including flexi time, opportunities for compressed hours and flexi place working where the emphasis is always on the quality of work and not when or where the work is done.  Annual leave is calculated in hours, allowing employees the flexibility to take their leave in hourly…

• Centrica, Winner 2011, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

  Centrica take a lifecycles approach to flexible working, recognising that people will have different needs at different stages of their lives and careers. Wellbeing and flexible working are linked and developing a healthy workplace culture means one where people are able to find the work-life balance they need. Work:wise is a project which offers ‘anytime,…

• Allianz Insurance UK, Finalist 2011, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

  A wide range of flexible working policies are available. All staff are entitled to work flexibly, not just parents and carers. The underlying notion of this is that parental responsibilities are constant irrespective of the time of day and that everyone is different in their approach to parenthood and way of dealing with its demands.…

• Accenture, Finalist 2011, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

  Accenture have invested heavily in leading edge technology to enable colleagues to connect up globally, reducing the need for extensive travel and allowing flexibility for employees collaborating across time zones. They have also taken a lifecycle approach to flexibility, recognising that employees will have changing flexibility needs throughout their careers. Flexibility is available to all…

• Southdown Housing, Finalist 2017, Best Third Sector Employer Award

  Flexible working is embedded in the organisation’s culture: 20 per cent of the senior management team work part-time and many staff also work remotely or from other locations. Roles are advertised as flexible by default in the recruitment process. The organisation makes a pledge that it will be a flexible employer and managers are recruited…