Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure has scooped a prize at WorkingMums.co.uk's annual Top Employer Awards.

The company was recognised in the Family Support Award category.

The awards recognise employers of all sizes, as well as teams and individuals working within them, who have worked hard to change workplace culture and help employees combine successful careers with family life.

The Family Support award, is in recognition of what the judges noted as Morgan Sindall's "well rounded, thoughtful and thorough approach to family support and its comprehensive offering for families which covered the whole lifecycle". Enhanced maternity and paternity policies, childcare support and paid emergency leave are available to working parents of the company. These supports have been extended to all employees, supporting those with other family commitments or a need for a flexible working arrangement.


This is the ninth year the ceremony has taken place, and the second year the company has been commended by the organisation, having also been shortlisted for the Best for Returners award in the 2018 ceremony. HR director Dawn Moore was also awarded the Working Mums Champion Award in 2017.

Simon Smith, managing director for Infrastructure said: "We've had a great year of recognition for our family-friendly culture and are thrilled to have been recognised once again by WorkingMums.co.uk. We are keen to welcome working parents to our business, and our family-friendly culture has seen a significant change in our employee make-up. Over 19% of our employees are female, which is 5% more than the industry average and approximately 62% of our total employees benefit from some sort of flexible working arrangement."

Pat Boyle, managing director for Construction added: "We look forward to developing new and existing initiatives to attract those who may not have previously considered a career in construction and infrastructure to the industry. In particular, we are looking forward to our second Returnships programme, and are already seeing an increase in applicants returning from a career break."

(CM)