Resources
Handling difficult conversations
This resource provides examples of possible conversations around flexible work and some suggested responses.
Maturity assessment
This resource will help you map your business' current state against a range of factors including those to attract, recruit and retain women.
Plan on a page
To support employees and managers to have regular, honest and open dialogue about transitions and aspirations pre and post parental leave, consider developing a Parental Leave Plan on a Page.
Questions to ask when considering flexible working arrangements
Included are a series of questions managers should ask themselves before accepting or rejecting flexible work arrangements.
Returner Programmes - Best Practice Guidance for Employers
This resource is research conducted in the UK by Women Returners and Timewise.
Supportive Ecosystems
This resource identifies technical and social supports for your supported returner program.
The case for flexible work
This resource outlines the case for flexible work.
Useful Resources about flexible working
These resources provide information about flexible working including the benefits, tools to help you implement and case studies.
Workplace Gender Equality Agency - Flexible work
This resource has been developed by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and provides information about flexible work.
Your questions answered
This resource provides you with commonly asked questions about flexible working arrangements.
Actions: Designing and implementing a supported returner program
This resource sets out the actions you can implement to design and implement a supported returner program.
Actions: Establishing flexible career pathways and mobility
This resource sets out the actions you can implement to establish flexible career pathways and mobility for employees.
Actions: Identifying female role models and opportunities for mentorship
This resource sets out the actions you can implement to identify female role models and opportunities for mentorship.
Actions: Implement supportive parental leave approaches
This resource sets out the actions you can implement for practical, flexible and tailored parental policies and practices for your business.
Actions: Improve the onboarding of women into your organisation
This resource sets out the actions you can implement to ensure an inclusive recruitment onboarding process is used.
Actions: Improve your organisation's recruitment selection process
This resource sets out the actions you can implement to use an inclusive recruitment selection process.
Actions: Improving managerial competency
This resource sets out the actions you can implement to improve managerial competency.
Actions: Improving transparent communication across your organisation
This resource sets out the actions you can implement to ensure transparent communication across your organisation.
Actions: Increasing leader sponsorship
This resource sets out the actions senior leaders can implement to proactively support gender diversity and increase female participation.