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Working Families members receive a 25% discount on all our publications. You can click here to see which type of membership would be right for you or phone 020 7253 7243 to join today and claim your discount.

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Publications for Parents and Carers

 

Make it Work For You

 
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New guide for working parents of disabled children

Based on interviews with the experts - parents who already successfully combine working and caring - Make it work for you looks at why work is so important for parents of disabled children and gives practical advice on how to make the inevitable juggling act work for families.
Price £5.50 (post free) for parents, £15.50 for others.    Go to the order form

Daddy's Home - a life planner for fathers

 
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This groundbreaking new book focuses on how fathers can get a real balance between work and family life throughout their careers. Drawing on interviews with dads from a wide variety of occupations, and including a unique life planner, Daddy’s Home provides an inspiring and practical guide for men who want to change their work and home balance.
Price £6.00    Go to the order form

The Employees Guide to Flexible Working SOLD OUT

 


Thinking of working less than full-time?
Then this is the guide for you. Covering part-time, flexi-time and job sharing, and how should you approach your boss about it. How can you best meet the challenges that follow?
Read it and find out how, by working flexibly, you can achieve more fulfilment at work and in your life and keep your boss happy.
Price £4.00    Click to view an extract    

Balancing Work & Home SOLD OUT


A practical guide to managing stress
The book that helps take the stress a out of balancing work and family and puts you back in control.
Price £5.00    Click to view an extract    

Balanced Lives SOLD OUT


Changing work patterns for men

Draws on the views and experiences of over 100 men who are working reduced and flexible hours, taking career breaks and working from home.
Includes 17 case studies which provide many positive role models.
Price £5.00    

 

Publications for Advisers

New Rights for Working Parents NO LONGER AVAILABLE


A guide for advisers
An indispensable guide for those advising parents on the right to request flexible working.
This lively and accessible booklet covers parents' rights, paternity, maternity and adoption leave and pay and includes useful case studies based on actual callers to our Legal Advice Helpline.
Price £5.00    

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For employers
NEW: Legal Lives. Retaining Talent through a Balanced Culture.

  39.99

 30.00
(Public/Voluntary sector rate)

New: Cranfield School of Management and Working Families Flexible Working and Performance research.

  39.99

 30.00
(Public/Voluntary sector rate)

Hours to Suit PartII: Examines senior flexible work patterns in the public and voluntary sectors.

  25.00

 18.75
(Public/Voluntary sector rate)

Hours to Suit: Working Flexibly at Senior and Managerial Levels

  39.99

 30.00

Employer of the Year Awards 2006: Learn from the best

  25.00

 18.75

Moving Mountains: the Culture Change Challenge

  20.00

 15.00

Is less more? Flexible working, productivity and management

  20.00

 15.00

Time, Health and the Family: What Working Families Want

  25.00

 18.75

In sickness and in health: a report on absenteeism and work-life balance

  20.00

 15.00

Make it Work For You

  15.50

 5.50

Flexible Working: for people caring for a relative or friend at the end of life

  free for carers,
£5 for employers

 

Flexible Working: helping employees with short-term caring responsibilities

  free for carers,
£5 for employers

 

Daddy’s Home - a life planner for fathers

  6.00

 4.50

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