An array of major UK companies – including supermarkets Asda and Tesco, banks NatWest and Metro Bank, consulting group PwC, consumer goods giant Unilever and telecommunications group Vodafone – have committed, for the very first time, to supporting staff members that are going through a divorce or separation. By joining the Positive Parenting Alliance (PPA), the companies have pledged to deploy HR policies to support staff, such as flexible working and access to counselling.
Companies that join the PPA commit to introducing four HR measures to support employees affected by separation or divorce. Firstly, they should recognise separation as a “life event” in their HR policy, to show those affected that their difficulties are recognised by their employer and that they can ask for support. The second measure is to ensure parents going through a separation can access flexible working, so they can take their children to or from school as part of the new family...
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