Resources

Thank you for your interest in the Family Friendly Business Award®. Family friendly workplace policies improve businesses, our workforce and our communities. Businesses that have family friendly policies are better able to recruit the most qualified employees, improve employee retention, morale, loyalty, and worker productivity. These policies provide highly valued flexibility and support to employees striving to meet and balance the demands of family and community life in addition to their job. Below are a few resources that you can look into to provide more family friendly policies in your place of business. Read the Family Friendly New Mexico Business Case (2020-2021).

Family Friendly Business Toolkits

Family Friendly New Mexico’s business toolkits provide research informed guidance for businesses wanting to implement family friendly workplace policies. The toolkits can serve as planning tools for small business owners, HR professionals, CEOs and others with resources, fact sheets, sample policies, testimonials and more.


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Paid Leave

• Personal Leave • Family Leave • Maternity / Paternity Leave    

 

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Health Support

• Healthcare • Wellness Programs • Breastfeeding / Lactation Support • Reasonable Accommodations  

 

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Work Schedules

• Flexible Work Scheduling • Job Sharing • Telecommuting / Hybrid • Predictable Scheduling  

 

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Economic Support

• Higher than average wages • Subsidized educational assistance • Retirement / Asset building • Subsidized child care or dependent care • Short-term financial stability options

 

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Pay Equity

• Evaluate Pay by Job Classification/Gender • Encourage Employees to Discuss Pay • Compliance with New Mexico Fair Pay for Women Act

 

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Diversity & Inclusion

• Policies related to D & I for staff/board • Diversity programs or employee networks • Employee Training on D & I  

 

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Community Investment

• Policies related to supporting employees investing time and/or money in our/their community

 

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Laws/Statutes

• Nursing Mothers’ Rights at Work • Job-Protected Leave, Domestic Violence and the Workplace • Fair Pay for Women Act • New Mexico Human Rights Act • New Mexico Healthy Workplaces Act

 

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Toolkits

Family Friendly New Mexico’s business toolkits provide research informed guidance on family friendly workplace policies such as paid leave, health support, work schedules, and economic support. The toolkits were created to support businesses wanting to implement new policies or enhance existing policies and can serve as planning tools for small business owners, human resource professionals, CEOs and other employees and organizations.

  • resources
  • fact sheets
  • sample policies
  • testimonials
  • identify benefits and challenges
  • for both employers and
  • employees

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More Family Friendly New Mexico Resources


Family Friendly Workplace Blog

Trusted Resource for Employers. Our blog featuring expert advice and tips to support employers so that businesses, their employees and families can thrive.

Family Friendly CEU Approved Workshops

Our workshops are designed to raise awareness about FFNM as a trusted resource for business leaders and HR professionals helping attendees learn how to implement supportive family friendly workplace policies. Panelists and guest speakers share best practices and exciting resources to help businesses strengthen family friendly policy and practice. Workshops are CEU approved.
Current Workshop | Past Workshops | Recorded Workshops for Purchase


Employer-supported Childcare: Options and Resources


Other Resources

Other Resources

The Society of Human Resources of New Mexico

Provide information about human resources initiatives, chapter events, and other human resource opportunities in New Mexico. View Website.

The Aspen Institute: Job Quality Tools for Employers

The Job Quality Tools Library offers actionable tools, resources, and guidance for leaders to improve jobs in their communities. Below is a list of tools for employers. View Website.

Family Friendly Resources

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Resources

Thank you for your interest in the Family Friendly Business Award®. Family friendly workplace policies improve businesses, our workforce and our communities. Below are a few resources that you can look into to provide more family friendly policies in your place of business. . Read the Family Friendly New Mexico Business Case (2020-2021).

Toolkits

Family Friendly New Mexico’s business toolkits provide research informed guidance on paid leave, health support, work schedules, and economic support, and identify benefits and challenges for both employers and employees, sample policies, and testimonials from businesses that have implemented the policies. Businesses that have family friendly policies are better able to recruit the most qualified employees, improve employee retention, morale, loyalty, and worker productivity (Williams, 2001). These policies provide highly valued flexibility and support to employees striving to meet and balance the demands of family and community life in addition to their job. The toolkits were created to support businesses wanting to implement new policies or enhance existing policies. They provide resources and fact sheets and can serve as planning tools for small business owners, human resource professionals, CEOs and other employees and organizations.


  • Please enter your contact information to download the Family Friendly New Mexico Toolkits. You will receive an email with links to download all toolkits.

Family Friendly New Mexico Business Toolkit

Paid Leave

• Higher than average wages • Subsidized training / educational assistance • Retirement / asset building • Subsidized, on-site, or near-site child care or dependent care

Learn More

 

Health Support

• Healthcare • Wellness Programs • Breastfeeding / Lactation Support • Reasonable Accommodations  

Learn More

 

Work Schedules

• Personal Leave • Family Leave • Maternity/Paternity Leave    

Learn More

 

Economic Support

• Flexible Work Scheduling • Job Sharing • Telecommuting • Predictable Scheduling  

Learn More