1. 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

2. 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
Available from September 2018

3. 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

4. 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.“

5. More about the content…

6. 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 ☺

7. Course content - Overview

8. 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 ?

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Ways to use it …

13. 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

14. Implementation Steps – maybe several cycles
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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

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