Cisco, Deloitte, Pinsent Masons and Sackers are among the winners at the 2016 Top Employers for Working Families Special Awards.
The annual awards celebrate organisations that demonstrate flexible and family-friendly workplace practices. The winners were announced across seven categories during a ceremony in London on 13 June.
The full list of winners is:
American Express Best flexible working initiative award
Winner: Cisco
Highly commended: RAF
Centrica Best for modern families award
Winner: Pinsent Masons
Direct Line Group Best for embedded flexibility award
Winner: Barclays
Carers UK Best for carers and eldercare award
Winner: West Dunbartonshire Council
Highly commended: Ministry of Justice
Cityparents Best for all stages of motherhood award
Winner: Deloitte
Winner: Sackers and Partners
Best for flexible recruitment award
Winner: EY
The innovation award
Winner: Civil Service
Highly commended: Citi
Sarah Jackson, chief executive at Working Families, said: “Flexibility is not just good for families, it’s good for business. Our awards recognise those employers who’ve made their flexible and work-life policies part and parcel of the way they run their organisations. Congratulations to all the 2016 winners: it’s this kind of action that will deliver the culture change we need for high performance in every UK workplace.”
