C/HR/97. Management and Family Friendly Contracts

The aim of the proposed research is to study the extent to which UK companies are ready to offer family friendly contracts to their employees. It is suggested that the aim be achieved by means of both secondary and primary research. The secondary research will include a critical literature review as well as the analysis of the current UK employment legislation. The primary methods are to include conducting surveys (via questionnaires) of the management and company employees to see if they think their organisations indeed practice family friendly contracts. Based on these, individual case studies shall be compiled followed by conclusions and recommendations as to how the companies could improve further their HR policies to make them more family-friendly. It is envisaged that the research will focus on several UK building societies.