Be certified as a family friendly workplace
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Introducing National Work + Family Standards for Workplaces
National Work + Family Standards inform employers of the minimum and best practice policies and practices they can invest in to create a family friendly workplace culture.
This is a community of organisations united in driving a global change to create family friendly workplaces.
Family Friendly Workplaces Impact
Introducing Family Friendly Workplaces
Your partner in shaping the future of workplace inclusion
Family Friendly Workplaces strive to reduce the tension that exists between work and family by embedding and promoting policies and practices that genuinely support employees to thrive at work and at home.
National Work + Family Standards provide employers with a benchmark of best practice guidelines that support employees meet their work, family and wellbeing needs.
Family Friendly Workplaces strive to reduce the tension that exists between work and family by embedding and promoting policies and practices that genuinely support employees to thrive at work and at home.
National Work + Family Standards provide employers with a benchmark of best practice guidelines that support employees meet their work, family and wellbeing needs.
The Family Friendly Workplaces recognition framework benchmarks
and certifies employers as a ‘Family Inclusive Workplace’
UNICEF Australia and Parents At Work, alongside 23 founding and supporting partner organisations, have come together to develop a set of National Work + Family Standards, and create the Family Friendly Workplaces certification.
With thanks to our:
Founding Partners
Supporting Partners
Take the first step
The Benchmarking Assessment is a free online tool to assess your organisation’s HR policies and practices against the minimum National Work & Family Standards.
Family Inclusive Workplace Certified Employers
Organisations setting the standard across the globe
FEATURED REPORT: National Working Families Survey Executive Summary & Key Findings
In 2021, Parents At Work partnered with UNICEF Australia to develop and deliver Family Friendly Workplaces as a recommendation resulting from the 2019 National Working Families Survey. A benchmarking and certification for Australian workplaces was developed to meet the world’s best practice National Work + Family Standards.
Now, five years on, 2024 provided an opportunity to update and reissue the survey, to measure the impact of changing workplace trends on more than 6,200 of Australia’s working parents and carers.
FEATURED REPORT: Bridging the Work and Family Divide: Understanding the benefits of Family Friendly Workplaces
The Bridging The Work and Family Divide Report provides a strong evidence base supporting the benefits of investing in Family Friendly Workplace policies and practices and ensuring employees are fully enabled to utilise these.
Based on data and insights from 70 certified businesses involved in the Family Friendly Workplaces initiative, employing nearly 300,000 Australians, the report showcases significant advancements in integrating flexible work and gender-neutral policies. It also emphasises emerging challenges such as supporting carers and managing childcare costs.