HR Magazine - UK’s most family-friendly workplaces unveiled

The Top Employers for Working Families have been announced by the work/life balance charity Working Families

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