Four banks in top ten family-friendly UK employers

Banks feature heavily in a list of the top 10 employers for working families, with Barclays, Citi, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and UBS all taking top spots.

The Top Employers for Working Families Benchmark and Awards, founded by work-life organisation Working Families in partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies (IES), also listed professional services firms Deloitte and KPMG in the top 10, as well as telecoms firm BT and not-for-profit organisation Southdown Housing Association.

In addition, special awards were given to those offering the best support for particular groups of workers, such as mothers, fathers and carers.

Deloitte was named as the best employer for mothers, while Citi and the London School of Economics were joint winners of the best employer for fathers award.

Meanwhile, the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust grabbed the carers and eldercare award and Wales and West Housing was named as the best employer for career progression for flexible workers.

Sarah Jackson, chief executive of Working Families, said of the winners: “These employers have demonstrated how they are developing innovative policies and practices to create flexible, family-friendly cultures that support individual wellbeing and high performance.”

Mary Mercer, principal consultant at the IES, added: “We would like to see flexible working becoming the normal way of doing things and available to all.

“These employers are leading the way and using flexible working to help staff to manage their lives and work, which, in turn, increases the productivity and performance of organisations.”

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Top 10 employers for working families (A-Z) Barclays BT Citi Deloitte Hogan Lovells International KPMG LLP Royal Bank of Scotland Southdown Housing Association The National Assembly for Wales UBS Top 11-30 (A-Z) Accenture Allianz Insurance Plc American Express Baker & McKenzie Bank of England Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust E.ON UK Ernst & Young Forum for the Future Henmans ITV Loop Customer Management McDonald’s Restaurants Ministry of Justice Northern Trust Roche Products Simmons & Simmons The London School of Economics and Political Science Wales and West Housing Top 3 small family-friendly businesses sponsored by Childcarescheme.com Bristows Henmans Workplace Options The Lexington Gray best for flexible working award Northern Trust – winner Best for mothers award Deloitte – Winner Citi – Commendation Loop Customer Management – Commendation Best for fathers award Citi – joint winner The London School of Economics and Political Science – joint winner Best for carers & eldercare award Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – winner BT – commendation Best for career progression for flexible workers award Wales and West Housing – winner Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday Email(Required) OptOut From time to time, we will send you emails about selected products, events and services from Personnel Today and OHW+ - but you can choose to opt-out at any time. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please tick this box. Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Δ The National Grid best for innovation award Citi – winner Accenture – commendation