Certification from the Top Employers for Working Families that the LSE is in the Top 30 A-Z List for Top Employers for Working Families 2010
Towards the end of 2010, it was announced that the School is one of the Top 30 A-Z Employers for Working Families. The School is the only university included in the thirty outstanding UK organisations and aims to do better this year.
To win a place on the 2010 A-Z list, organisations had to demonstrate to the leading work-life charity Working Families| how they embed family-friendly working practices into their culture. The survey covered the following areas: information on formal flexible working requests and arrangements; support to parents and carers (e.g. of elderly parents) in terms of enhancements to statutory and contractual entitlements, support through flexible working or additional leave; recruitment practices; career progression and training; measuring the impact of the family friendly culture and manager practice and development
HR Division is using the survey as an ongoing tool to identifying areas for improvement. To date the following changes have been made:
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the introduction of three days' paid Pre-Adoptive Leave, which is over and above any statutory entitlement
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information on the website on the introduction of Additional Parental Leave
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improved information on the website on Adoption Leave
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improved information on the website on time off to deal with an emergency involving a dependent
and work is currently taking place in the following areas:
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improvement of the information on flexible working
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the provision of back-up support for employees whose childcare arrangements suddenly break down
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exploration of a system to record centrally the informal and formal flexible working arrangements.