Employers large and small from across the public, private and third sector compete annually to gain a place on the list of Top Employers for Working Families, for which HR magazine is media partner.
Employers took part in Working Families’ benchmark, answering in-depth questions. They were scored on four key areas to build a picture of their flexible and family-friendly working policies and practices which specifically support mothers, fathers and carers.
Jane van Zyl, new chief executive of Working Families, said that the awards are a sign that flexible working is becoming embedded. “Congratulations to the wide range of organisations whose flexible and family-friendly workplaces have earnt them a much-coveted place on 2018’s list of Top 30 Employers for Working Families," she said.
“For these best practice employers, their flexible and family-friendly working policies supporting mothers, fathers and carers are well developed, and flexible working is becoming embedded.”
In order to fully support working parents, organisations must create a family-friendly culture in a holistic way, she said. "As our research shows, flexible working on its own is not enough to deliver work/life balance for parents. What’s key to unlocking parents’ potential is a family-friendly workplace culture. Importantly, today’s winners know this – and are striving to ensure their underlying workplace culture supports the flexible and family-friendly policies they have in place.”
This year’s Top 30 Employers for Working Families 2018 – in alphabetical order – are:
Top 10 employers
American Express
Barclays Bank
Crown Prosecution Service
Deloitte
Independent Living Fund Scotland
Intellectual Property Office
Lloyds Banking Group
Pinsent Masons
Royal Bank of Scotland
Southdown Housing
Top 11-30 employers
Allen & Overy
Citigroup
Department for International Development
DWF
Experian
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Imperial College
Mayer Brown
Ministry of Justice
National Assembly for Wales
Norton Rose Fulbright
Oliver Wyman
Public Health England
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal College of Nursing
Simmons & Simmons
UBS AG
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Yorkshire Building Society