The awards celebrate employers with stand-out cultures and working practices leading the way in flexible and employee-friendly workplaces.
The Working Families Best Practice Awards is now in its 12th year, and employers from a diverse range of sectors from across the UK have competed to catch the judges’ attention in the nine categories.
Jane van Zyl, chief executive of Working Families and chair of the judging panel, congratulated all of the finalists.
She said: “Making it through to this stage in such a competitive year demonstrates they are leaders in creating supportive, flexible working cultures – all operating in very different contexts.
“This last year has been exceptionally challenging for everyone, and particularly for many working parents who’ve had to find ways to balance work with caring for children.”
Zyl said Working Families know that where employers have adopted flexible working practices, that balancing act has been made far less stressful, and allowed employees to be as productive as possible.
“As we move out of the pandemic into the ‘new normal’, we are determined to use what we’ve learned to benefit more of the UK’s 13 million working parents.
“This list of outstanding organisations is leading the way in showing that flexible, family friendly working policies aren’t just the right thing to do, they make great business sense,” she said.
See below for all shortlisted organisations for the Working Families Best Practice Awards 2021.
Best COVID-19 Response
Hachette UK
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
QBE European Operations
Teach First
University of Strathclyde
Best for Mothers
British Army
Experian
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Best for Fathers
Man Group
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Best for Carers & Eldercare – sponsored by Crown Prosecution Service
Anglo American Services (UK) Ltd
Swansea University
West Midlands Police
Best Family Network
Barclays PLC
Nationwide Building Society
Santander UK
Best for Mental Health & Wellbeing – sponsored by Hill Dickinson
Mills & Reeve LLP
Nationwide Building Society
Santander UK
Slalom
Best Innovation – sponsored by Adactus
Forward Carers
Mills & Reeve LLP
Best for Flexible Working – sponsored by Find Your Flex Group
Hill Dickinson LLP
Streamline Corporate
Together Housing Group
Best Small Employer – sponsored by ILF Scotland
Keep Britain Tidy
Warmworks
