Good Practice
In this section, employers will find recommendations that will help them observe good practice and which might help benefit your employees and your business.
It will also include positive examples from the racing industry and will highlight some lived experiences of many industry participants in our podcast series.
In each section, there are some ideas for action which might prove useful.
Supporting Carers
Background Caring responsibilities can involve many types of support that are not part of paid work, and the chances are…
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Remote and Agile Working
Background In a business context, ‘agility’ can apply to both workforce (matching fluctuations in demand) and operational factors (how responsive…
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Flexible and Family-Friendly Working
Background Flexible working is any working pattern other than ‘normal’ working hours and can involve changes to the hours an…
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Career Progression
Background Although family life is part of the landscape for most people, there are still many areas where work and…
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Covid-19 & Long Covid
Background Following a range of restrictions on public movement during the course of the pandemic, we saw increased relaxation of…
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Fathers and Paternity Leave
Background Paternity leave was introduced in the UK in 2002, with shared parental leave (SPL), an additional form of family…
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Fertility Support
Background The number of individuals accessing fertility treatment has grown rapidly in recent years, with the number of those accessing…
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Pregnancy, Maternity & Adoption Leave
Background Supporting people’s ongoing need to balance work and childcare is one area that employers can be proactive, and mothers,…
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