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Who we are:

 
 

Working Families is a campaigning charity which helps children, working parents and carers and their employers benefit from a better balance between home and work. To this end we lobby government, work with the media and advise parents and employers alike on current law, rights and best practice. Click here for more information.

 
     
 

Press Releases:

 
 

Our press room allows you to download recent press information in MS Word format. Press releases are listed and summarised under seven headings: Conferences and Events, Services, Launch of Working Families, Policy and Legislation, Surveys, Employer of the Year Awards and Best Boss Competition.

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Latest Press releases

Working Families response to extension of Right to Request
Do you have Britain's Best Boss?
Chief Executive Sarah Jackson awarded OBE

 

 
   

Conferences and Events
Where next for work-life balance?
New conference on parents' rights
Culture Change conference with David Cameron
Companies to learn from the 'best of the best' at Masterclass
David Cameron to launch Working Families culture change report
Productivity major conference on the links between flexible working and business effectiveness
Conference and report on the state of work-life balance in the voluntary sector
Work-life Balance and the EU - What can we learn from Europe?
Is the Future Grey? – A crucial conference on older workers

 

 
   

Publications
New guide for working parents of disabled children
New study on absenteeism finds flexibility can reduce absence levels
Daddy’s Home!: new 'dad to dad' life planner

 

 
   

Services

Dads have rights too
Working Families launch new advice service for dads
New online guide to negotiating flexible working
Help now available for ‘short-changed families’
Free coaching service for parents who want to work flexibly

What working parents of disabled children want

New web forum for parents and carers
Flexible working does work for small business
Work-life web forum for the voluntary sector
Champion of childcare for disabled children wins award

 

 
   

Launch of Working Families
New charity calls for family friendly working hours
A new voice for working families

The changing face of family life

 

 
   

Policy and Legislation
Working Families response to extension of Right to Request
Carers get new rights
Working Families comment on Childcare Today report

Working Families response to Ruth Kelly on Women and Work Commission
Note to journalists about Additional Paternity Leave
Working Families response to the budget
Working Families respond to Cameron's "Improving Society" speech
Working Families calls for paid paternity leave and ‘teeth’ for parental rights legislation
Working Families respond to the Government's proposals on work-life balance
Working Families welcomes Government childcare strategy
The Right to Request a year on: new report calls for the right to work flexibly to be extended to all employees

Handbook on new flexible working legislation - the Right to Request
Parents comment on the new right to request flexibility

Work and Parents Taskforce Report - Comment by the Parent Representative on the Taskforce - Nov 2001
Research supports the case for a legal right to work reduced hours - Mar 2001
Response to Budget - Mar 2001
Welcome for Green Paper on Parents and Work - Dec 2000


 
   

Surveys

Part-time workers are more productive, says new Working Families research
Warning: working long hours can damage your health!
More time for families: tackling the long hours crisis in UK workplaces

Working parents put family friendly working hours ahead of other benefits

How to put the Life back into Work-Life Balance Survey - September 2002
Working and Caring in London Survey 2002
Quality of Life in the City Report 2001

 

 
   

Employer of the Year Awards

::Employer Awards - 2006::

Launch of new Employer Awards
Working Families Employer Awards has new sponsor

::Employer of the Year Awards - 2005::

Employers of the Year Winners 2005

Employer of the Year 2005 finalists announced

::Employer of the Year Awards - 2004::

Employers of the Year Winners 2004
Employers of the Year 2004 finalists announced

Launch of 2004 Awards

::Employer of the Year Awards - 2003::

Employer of the Year 2003 Winners
Winner - Scotland
Finalists
Launch of 2003 Awards

::Employer of the Year Awards - 2001::

Winners 2001
Winner - East Midands

Winner - Eastern
Winner - West Midlands
Winner - North East
Winner - North West
Winner - South West
Winner - Yorkshire and Humber
Winner - South East
Winner - Scotland
Winner - Wales
Winner - Northern Ireland
Launch of 2001 Awards

::Employer of the Year Awards - 2000::

Winner 2000 Awards

 

 
   

Best Boss Competition

::Best Boss - 2007::

Do you have Britain's Best Boss?

::Best Boss - 2006::

Winner of Britains Best Boss 2006 announced
Does your boss make you desperate?

Competition to find Britain's Best Boss 2006 launched

::Best Boss - 2005::

Best Boss 2005
Is your boss a tyrant or a pussycat?
Two thirds of working Brits resolve to 'get a life'

::Best Boss - 2004::

Best Boss Winner 2004
Best Boss 2004 - Launch/Call for nominations

::Best Boss - 2003::

Best Boss Winner 2003
Best Boss 2003 - Launch/Call for nominations

::Best Boss - 2002::

Best Boss Winner 2002
Best Boss Runner-Up
Best Boss - Special Commendation1 - 2002
Best Boss - Special Commendation2 - 2002
Best Boss - Special Commendation3 - 2002
Best Boss 2002 - Nominations

::Best Boss - 2001::

Best Boss Winner 2001
Best Boss - Special Commendation1 - 2001
Best Boss - Special Commendation2 - 2001
Best Boss - Special Commendation3 - 2001
Call for nominations 2001

::Best Boss - 2000::

Best Boss Winner 2000

 

 
     
 

Contact us:

 
 

For a comment on working parent issues or further information on any aspect of our work, please phone Head of Services and Communcations Maggy Meade-King on 020 7253 7243 or email press@workingfamilies.org.uk

 

 
 

Information on our Employer of the Year Awards and Best Boss competition is available from Ali Garfath on 020 7253 7243

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