New Horizons at Work: Employers An employer’s reference tool  to getting the best from employees who are (single) parents June 20, 2018, Dublin Lucie Ryntová APERIO Praha Czech Republic Elena de Graat berufundfamilie Frankfurt / Bonn Germany

How we developed this programme Experts in the field of work-life balance in the workforce from 5 European countries (Ireland, Czech Republic, Italy, Germany and Scotland) Working with the topic for more than 20 years Consulting various companies in different branches and of different sizes Referring to the former EU - Project Developed in 2016-2018 Available from September 2018

Online Tool for Employers Becoming a more (single) parent oriented company, for the benefit of everyone. The programme offers supportive and helpful a) facts and figures b) hints and tools c) feasible and field-tested measures d) success stories and good practice examples

Piloting the programme 15 participants from Ireland, Scotland, Czech Republic, Italy and Germany involved in the piloting: HR specialists/business partners/advisors, directors, chief executives, co-owners, managers, psychologists, counsellors, career coaches private, state and NGOs sectors number of employees: 30 to 3400 9 yrs. of HR experience on average „A great tool for employers with practical examples and interesting videos/external links to resources.“ „Great course! Learned a lot from it.“

More about the content…

Work-Family Balance (WFB): MUCH MORE than a Fad 41% of companies success is due to people management (BMAS / D) People work for people, and managers open minded managers valuing employees contribution to the company´s success ↗ 4x higher commitment, engagement and productivity no expenditures for recruitment no costs of training a new employee or decreased output when staff leave and are hired ↘ saving min. 75% of an average yearly salary pP. 25 up to 30 % return on investment into WFB measures calculated in 3 companies in D - controlling is d’accord ☺

Course content - Overview

Something to think about How many children are being brought up by a single parent in your country? What percentage of single parents are in employment in your country? On average, what % of single parents have been forced to leave a job due to unsuitable working hours in your country? Can you imagine how much knowledge and experience your COMPANY is missing due to the mismatching of the job and a (single parenting) employee ?

Watch and Listen or Read You can also listen to his TED Talk given in 6/2017

SOME –especially– single parent-friendly measures Family friendly meeting times Ad hoc home based work Annual leave days broken down into single days or hours Flexible working regimes, such as Annualised hours “Fulltime near” Part-Time (30, 33, 35 hours per week) Self-rostering / Shifts swapping Parent-child office / Carer´s room Shared positions – much more brain for almost the same money Supportive / open minded managers communicating at eye level

Course lenght - Not too much stuff ;-) Main Part/Text not time consuming, 34 standard pages includes optional links you can read/watch Downloads if you are more interested case studies, good practice, success stories, social policy context, more detailed information

Ways to use it …

You can go through it online in detail, reading all the extra materials and links we collected for you OR read it fast – reading headlines and some of the pages most interesting for you at that moment stop and continue as often as is convenient download the downloads and/or print whatever you like to read it offline or share with your colleagues

Implementation Steps – maybe several cycles audit workandfamiliy by Implementation Steps – maybe several cycles Data and arguments → Prepare your own business case Find the supportive manager in charge – show him/her the personal advantage what you already have on board what are the needs of employees and management describe the steps for the next three years implementation step by step during this … Communication, documentation Presentation of successful examples Support and training for managers operation and evaluation Fixing the estimated and successful processes Use evaluation e.g. for adjusting changes

Thank for your attention! http://strongerfamilies.eu Elena de Graat berufundfamilie Frankfurt & Bonn Germany Lucie Ryntová APERIO Praha Czech Republic