Nursery World - Top family-friendly bosses ensure good work-life balance

A new report finds that the majority of employers have continued to allow flexible working and now focus on employees’ outputs rather than number of hours worked, thanks to changing work patterns over the course of the pandemic.

The Working Families report finds that the majority of employers are continuing to allow their employees to work flexibly, PHOTO Adobe Stock

Working Families’ 'Employer Benchmark 2021', which captured the experience of nearly 500,000 UK employees, found that over 60 per cent of employers still have more than 75 per cent of their staff working flexibly.

Employers also reported that line managers in their organisations are now recognising that hours worked isn’t always a reliable measure of productivity.

Other findings from the report include:

Top family-friendly workplaces

The charity has also published its annual list of the top family-friendly workplaces in the UK. Among the top employers are major banks, a local NHS Trust, and the Welsh Parliament.

Employers were assessed using Working Families’ Benchmark and were scored on four key areas to build a comprehensive picture of their flexible and family-friendly policies and practices that specifically support mothers, fathers and carers, they are:

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