Flex from 1st
Our flexible working campaign, calling on organisations and government to make the right to request flexible working a day-one right
How to successfully support parent returners back to the workplace
There are a huge number of benefits to supporting parents back into the workplace, and into flexible jobs. It’s easy to see why returners might be keen to get back into work, but employers also stand to gain a great deal from recruiting them:
Employers will get access to a group of people with valuable experience and expertise that they might otherwise miss out on.
With many employers and sectors struggling to recruit people with specific skills or the capacity to develop them quickly, returner campaigns can offer an effective solution.
Help increase the number of experienced women across an organisation, supporting gender and age diversity, and creating role models for those coming up behind. This also includes fathers who want, or have to, combine work and family commitments.
The increased presence of women in senior roles is an important factor in closing the gender pay gap.
Being seen to encourage and support returners sends a clear message to your own employees and the market that you are a supportive employer. This will, in turn, help recruitment and retention.
Our flexible working campaign, calling on organisations and government to make the right to request flexible working a day-one right
A practical guide to designing and developing a flexible-focused returner strategy
This report provides insights and recommendations for employers, based on employees’ experience of taking and returning from extended paternity leave
Why you should ensure your organisation incorporates flexible working practices
Guidance, practical tools and resources to help you embed flexible working in your organisation
From returner pathways to buddy schemes, family policies to senior role modelling, find out what employers are doing to make their organisations more inclusive for parents and parent returners
The highlights of our programme which worked with employers and parent returners to support parents back into work
Advice and support on returning to the workplace, for parents