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Fair and Flexible Employer Recognition Awards

Family Friendly logo for Employer Recognition Program winnersThe Victorian Government's Working Families Council rewards employers who have developed innovative programs in policy and practice that improve the work and family balance of their employees.

Being family friendly will help your business to attract the best staff and increase productivity. It also creates happy, loyal employees, and innovative workplaces.

Fair and Flexible Employer Award winners are able to promote themselves as employers of choice with the unique Fair and Flexible brandmark for 12 months and are recognised as progressive employers on the ways2work website here.

For more information about the Fair and Flexible Employer Award program:

Fair and Flexible Employers 2009

The Hon Martin Pakula MP, Minister for Industrial Relations announced the first annual award winners at a formal presentation evening on 23 June 2009. 

What do we mean by fair and flexible?

Building Commission employee at work and at home playing with a happy toddlerYou will find many creative workplace practices that help employees balance work and family on this website. Some common examples are:

    • flexible start and finish times
    • flexible use of leave
    • job-sharing arrangements
    • quality part-time work
    • employee choice rostering
    • working from home arrangements
    • pregnant staff 'stay in touch' programs
    • promotion of pay equity
    • child care support programs


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Last Updated: 27/10/2009