Jaguar Land Rover Named as a Top Employer For Working Families

GAYDON, UNITED KINGDOM – May 28, 2009: Jaguar Land Rover was today named as a Top Employer by the UK's leading work-life balance organisation, Working Families.

As part of Working Families 30th anniversary celebrations and coinciding with the UK's National Family Week (25th – 29th May 2009), a list of the 'best of the best employers over the past thirty years' was drawn up following judging by an eminent panel. The charity supports and gives a voice to working parents and carers, whilst also helping employers create workplaces that encourage work-life balance.

Jaguar Land Rover was chosen because of its wide range of established policies to support working parents. These include flexible working hours; class-leading maternity and adoption leave provision; nurseries at two of its sites; breastfeeding facilities; a childcare voucher system; career breaks; emergency care scheme for dependants; and Diversity and Inclusion Awards, an annual event to recognise the efforts of individuals and teams who have made an outstanding contribution towards the Company's goal of creating a diverse and inclusive environment.

Suzanne Bailey, Jaguar Land Rover Employee Engagement and Diversity Manager said, "There is an increase in the numbers of women joining the workforce, continuing to work after maternity leave and men who wish to take an active role in family life and we recognise that to maintain our position as an employer of choice we need to ensure we have policies which reflect the changing world of work. Our industry-leading policies have led to us being recognised by Working Families and named as a 'Top Employer for working families'."

Jaguar Land Rover work life policies are well recognised and are regularly benchmarked by other organisations seeking to introduce similar policies. In 2005 Jaguar Land Rover were winners of the Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Working Families' Employer of the Year awards. The award was based on the company's excellent understanding and communication of the business case for diversity in the challenging world of Automotive Engineering.