National Parenting Week 2024: Labour's new reforms and what employers need to know National Parenting Week 2024 (21-25 October) highlights the importance of good parenting in general - the impact on the child and on society. And it's vital that employers understand the role they play in supporting working parents. This year, [...]
Worried that the person covering my maternity leave will be better than me! For women it can be hard to hand over their job before going on maternity leave and then to return when someone has been doing the role for 6-12 months. Maternity coaching can help with the transitions. Recent CIPD article* [...]
Providing support at work for carers Carers Week (5-11th June) is a campaign that ‘recognises and supports carers in the community’. It focuses on the important and vital role of over 5.7 million unpaid carers in the UK and the huge contribution they make to families and communities. Individuals and organisations come together [...]
Taking holiday is necessary for employee wellbeing. Working Families' annual campaign, National Work Life Week, is aimed at getting employers and employees discussing wellbeing and work-life balance – this year it will take place 2-6 October. With research last year stating over half of employees (60%) have said their employer actively discourages them from [...]
Family Friendly Future In our last post, we looked at the future for working families, and some of the ways in which larger companies are leading the field with their family-friendly policies. So how can small companies compete? Here are some ideas on how SMEs can boost and embed their family friendliness without [...]