Legal & General was named in the Top 30 Employers for working families and was short-listed for Best in Financial Services Sector alongside Deutsche Bank, American Express, RBS and Allianz Insurance UK this year.

‘Working Families’ is the UK’s leading organisation supporting working parents and carers. Each year they conduct a benchmarking survey across UK companies to identify the top employers for working families. Over the last decade Unite have contributed to the development of our family-friendly policies as an important part of our relationship with them.

As a large employer we encourage our staff to be involved in their communities, either through financial contribution or with their time and expertise.

We also support local communities through volunteering. This gives our staff the opportunity to develop new skills while helping their community. Our employees undertook 893 days of volunteering in 2010 on community projects and fund-raising activities (2009: 650 days).

Our policy is to treat employees without discrimination and to operate equal opportunity employment practices designed to achieve this end. The Group’s policy on diversity includes giving full and fair consideration to applications for employment made by disabled persons; to continue, wherever possible, the employment of staff who become disabled and to provide equal opportunities for the training and career development of disabled employees.