{"id":1400,"date":"2019-09-11T13:46:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2019-09-11T13:46:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T12:46:58","slug":"family-friendly-working-scotland-ffws-top-employer-awards-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/09\/11\/family-friendly-working-scotland-ffws-top-employer-awards-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Friendly Working Scotland (FFWS) Top Employer Awards 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1410 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/09\/Top-employer-awards-2020-September-2019-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/09\/Top-employer-awards-2020-September-2019-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/09\/Top-employer-awards-2020-September-2019-425x420.jpg 425w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/09\/Top-employer-awards-2020-September-2019.jpg 504w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/296;\" \/>Family Friendly Working Scotland (FFWS) have launched their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfriendlyworkingscotland.org.uk\/what-we-offer-awards\/\">Top Employer Awards 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These are the only awards recognising and rewarding employers who have created a great flexible and family friendly working culture.<\/p>\n<p>Now in their sixth year, the awards celebrate forward thinking employers who understand why flexibility is good for people. It helps them successfully balance work and home life &#8211; as well as benefitting business growth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best large private employer<\/li>\n<li>Best medium private employer<\/li>\n<li>Best small private employer<\/li>\n<li>Best public sector employer<\/li>\n<li>Best third sector employer<\/li>\n<li>Best for flexible recruitment<\/li>\n<li>Best for mental health and wellbeing (new for 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Deadline for applications is Friday 8 November 2019 at 5.00 pm &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfriendlyworkingscotland.org.uk\/what-we-offer-awards\/\">apply now<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognising and rewarding employers who have created a great flexible and family friendly working culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":1408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,27,93],"tags":[379,380,374,375],"class_list":["post-1400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scottish-procurement","category-smes","category-stakeholder-events","tag-employer-awards","tag-family-friendly-working-scotland","tag-mental-health","tag-third-sector"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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