1. Embedding Flexible Working
Welcome
Embedding Flexible Working

2. Layla-Roxanne Hill Policy, Communications and Partnerships
Family Friendly Working Scotland

3. Family Friendly Working Scotland
Nikki Slowey
Programme Director
Family Friendly Working Scotland

4. What does family friendly and flexible working mean to people?
What does it mean to employers?
What does it mean to employees?
What does it mean to the economy?

5. Benefits of flexible working
improved productivity
reduced costs of work
greater organisational agility
supporting workforce diversity
improved collaboration within and across organisations
attracting and retaining high quality talent
improved recruitment and employee retention
employee autonomy and responsibility
improved job satisfaction and employee engagement
improved employee work-life balance

6. In what ways is family friendly and flexible working promoted?
What is it?
What are the benefits?
How can you use it?

7. What challenges have employers faced?
Focus on risk management in the ‘now’
56% name operational pressures as the top barrier to training and development of staff; 58% - to greater workplace flexibility
39% of employees say they can rarely find time for training and development
Low-trust environment
35% are concerned about the quality of work among atypical staff
Negative line manager and senior manager attitudes – a barrier to flexible working
Lack of a systemic approach in improving organisational responsiveness to change
5% of job roles have time (‘slack’) built in for experimentation and rapid response
5% use commission outcomes (no fixed hours, only an output target)
CIPD survey of over 600 HR leaders (2014)   

8. Case Study

9. Case Study

10. Q&A

11. Legal Advice Service Manager
Claire Gilbert
Legal Advice Service Manager
Working Families

12. Q&A

13. Group Discussion
What does flexible working look like in your organisation, and can you cite any examples of good practice? (10 mins)
What are the barriers to flexible working? (10 mins)
Feedback (approx. 10 mins)

14. National Work Life Week 2016
3rd – 7th October
#TimeToRebalance

15. National Work Life Week Scotland Conference 2016
As part of National Work Life Week 2016, we will be hosting a free half day conference in Glasgow on Thursday 6th October, which is kindly being hosted by DWF LLP.
Join us, Royal Bank of Scotland, Fanduel, Independent Living Fund, pcr, BAE Systems, Quorum Network Resources Limited and the Scottish Government and find out how organisations can successfully support families in the workplace to ensure they retain a skilled, engaged, stable and productive workforce. What are other organisations doing to avoid the pitfalls?
Visit familyfriendlyworkingscotland.org.uk for more info and to register

16. Awards are free to enter
Employers can enter one or more category
Entries close on Friday 4th November 2016
Enter online at the Family Friendly Working Scotland website:
Winners will be announced 9th March 2017 at a sparkling afternoon tea in Glasgow
Finalists will receive complimentary attendance at the awards

18. Thank you