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CPS in top three best places to work for parents & carers

10 October 2023
Issue: 8044 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the third best employer for working families in the UK, while Pinsent Masons took seventh place

The annual list of family-friendly and flexible employers is compiled by Working Families, a national charity for working parents and carers. Both the CPS and Pinsent Masons appeared in the top ten for the seventh year in a row.

A CPS spokesperson said: ‘Being awarded a position in the top 10 demonstrates our continued efforts to make the CPS an even better place to work, ensuring our culture and policies create a supportive environment for our staff.’

The top employers offered flexible working from day one and were using the charity’s ‘Happy to talk flexible working’ strapline and logo on job adverts to indicate their flexible approach.

They were assessed using Working Families’ Benchmark and scored on four key areas: strategy and culture, which looks at culture, attitude and to what extent family-friendly working practices have become embedded; family-friendly policies and their take-up; consistent practice, which looks at the support for flexible and family-friendly working; and evidence and statistics, which looks at the effect on the organisation.

Other law firms ranked highly in the list—Allen & Overy placed 11th in the list; Scottish firm Brodies took 13th place; DWF were 16th; Hill Dickinson were 20th; Linklaters were 22nd; Mayer Brown were 23rd; Mishcon de Reya were 24th; and Squire Patton Boggs were 27th.

Issue: 8044 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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