Finding Flexibility: parents of disabled children and paid work
Working Families’ survey of over a thousand families reveals a worrying pattern of unemployment and under-employment, with many parents being forced to decline promotion, accept lower skilled work, reduce hours of work or opt out of the labour market altogether in order to care for their disabled children. This report sets out our findings in…
Happy Homes, Productive Workplaces
Summary report of research findings for Happy Homes Productive Workplaces
Time, Health and the Family 2012
Working families have never been higher on the agenda. Seen by policy makers as a crucial foundation stone in the cohesion of society and the economy, ‘hard-working families’ are never far from the headlines and government initiatives.
Job sharing at senior level: Making it work
Recommendations and best practices for the implementation of job sharing within global corporations.
Working and fathers: Combining family life and work
This report presents the findings of the two-year research project between Lancaster University School of Management (LUMS) and Working Families. The project examined how fathers in paid work combined work and family life. It also measured the stress and wellbeing of fathers at work in relation to their integration of work and home life. In…
The Future of Work
An IPA member agency perspective in association with Working Families
We need to talk about hours: Job Advertising in the Civil Service
In 2009 Working Families undertook research to better understand the experience of someone seeking to work part-time in the Civil Service and to look at the effectiveness of the Gender Equality Public Sector Duty.
Tomorrow’s World – perspectives on work and family life in the future
This collection of essays comes from a broad range of people: academics, writers and thinkers, campaigners, politicians and employers.
Lifecycles: building business success through effective employment
Groundbreaking research which looks at the aspirations and challenges of the different generations, and considers the potential impact of these on the organisation. By understanding employee lifecycle requirements, and by planning for the long term, organisations can synchronise business and employee needs and will be better able to keep their best talent, retain valuable skills…
Legal Lives: retaining talent through a balanced culture
This research examines culture and practice in thirteen leading law firms and establishes arguments and approaches to culture change. It highlights successful projects and initiatives and proposes additional measures that could work for the sector. (2008)
Flexible Working and Performance
This summary presents the key findings from the combined results of the seven organisations which participated in this two year joint research project between Cranfield School of Business and Working Families. What impact does flexible working have on performance? (2008)
Hours to Suit: working flexibly at senior and managerial levels in the public and voluntary sector
Hours to Suit part II examines senior flexible work patterns in the public and voluntary sectors. The 19 case studies reflect the diversity of ways in which senior roles can be redesigned on a flexible basis and the wide range of organisations in which such arrangements are successfully working. (2007)