Australia’s Top Scoring Workplaces for Carers Revealed
This National Carers Week (12–18 October 2025), Australia recognises more than three million unpaid carers – the parents, partners, children and friends who provide daily support to loved ones through childhood, disability, chronic illness, ageing and kinship care. New data released from Family Friendly Workplaces (FFW) reveals a mixed picture of progress and opportunity. […]
When Caring Crosses Time Zones: The IFM Approach to Supporting Life’s Pivotal Moments
At IFM, flexible work isn’t just written into our policies – it’s a lived part of how we support our people every day. We recognise that IFM is a global business, and our flexible work approach is thoughtfully designed to meet the needs of both our people and the organisation. It’s built on trust, […]
From Perk to Power Play: How Flexible Work Fuels the Economy
As workplace productivity and flexible work collide at the centre of political debate, their economic importance is impossible to ignore. There’s not a week that goes by without media attention hotly debating the virtues and woes of the flexible work dilemma, as both government and business leaders alike are desperate to shore up productivity. […]
“There were only men’s toilet facilities”: how this male-dominated industry is becoming more inclusive
When engineering executive Diana Zagora got her start in the engineering and construction industry, it was the late 90s and family-friendly workplace policies were nonexistent. The sector was so male-dominated at the time, her first worksite – setting up for the Sydney 2000 Olympics – didn’t even have a women’s restroom. “A port-a-loo […]
Working in media was once no place for working parents but that’s changing.
The media industry, where workers are expected to stay connected, informed and deliver 24/7, may not at first glance seem like a place that’s inclusive for parents and carers. But broader trends towards family-friendly conditions, flexibility and inclusivity have seen employers in this space driving change in unexpected ways. The media landscape is […]
The Future of Work + Family Policy: Setting a New Global Standard
As the world of work continues to evolve, so too must our understanding of how work and care intersect. At the recent event hosted by the Australian-UK Chamber of Commerce, The Future of Work + Family Policy, business leaders, government representatives and advocacy organisations gathered at Australia House in London to examine the path forward. […]
Profit with Purpose: Why Measuring Social Impact Is Now Business Critical
In the face of rising workplace stress, stagnant engagement, and shifting social expectations, businesses are being called to reimagine success, not just by the numbers, but by the social value they deliver. Our recent webinar, Profit with Purpose: Measuring the Value of Social Impact, explored how and why organisations must embed social impact measurement […]
‘Family comes first’: why the executives at Novartis care about family-friendly workplaces
For Matt Zeller, who heads a team of more than 300 people across Australia and New Zealand, his number one priority in life is being there for his family as a father and husband. Zeller is an executive at Novartis, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical corporations, and his mission is not just ensuring […]
Beyond the Lab: Building Family Friendly Cultures in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The pharmaceutical sector is one of Australia’s key industries, generating billions in revenue and employing a growing workforce of highly skilled professionals. It is also a space where employers have been taking proactive steps to better support people with evolving caring obligations over their lifetimes. How they’re achieving this is the focus of […]
Announcing the 2025 List of Certified Family-Friendly Employers
It’s National Families Week and we’re recognising the employers who are officially certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace™. Since 2021, more than 650 organisations have taken the first step toward being a family-friendly employer by benchmarking their workplace policies and practices in line with the Global Work + Family Standards. Since then, the […]
