The Benchmark – what is involved?

The Top Employers benchmark includes questions in the following areas:

1. Integration with organisational strategy & culture                    

• Measures to create a combined and coherent mission statement and culture regarding agile, smart and flexible working.
• The extent of support and positivity for flexibility within the organisation, at senior levels, with line managers and company wide.
• Key challenges and opportunities for progress.

2. Policy                                                                                           

• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave and pay.
• Parental leave and dependants leave and pay.
• Short term, long term, formal, informal and ad hoc flexible working.
• Measures to support wellbeing and staff training.
• Recruitment policies.

3. Consistent practice                                                                    

• Internal and external communications about flexible benefits.
• Transparency and fairness.
• Methods of assessment and dealing with unconscious bias.
• Line manager competencies and training.

4. Evidence & statistics       

• Records of staff working part time or flexibly – all patterns and types.
• Recruitment, retention and progression of flexible workers and impact.
• Turnover, staff satisfaction and impact.
• Methods and uses of measurement

Please do contact employers@workingfamilies.org.uk for further details