Sainsbury's has been given an award for 'outstanding inititaives' in helping enahnce the development of women in work.

The supermarket chain was praised for increasing the number of females on its board to 25 per cent of the total and appointing a female executive director.

A number of new initaives have been introduced to assist staff in juggling their home and work lives, including term-time contracts, job share, home working and career breaks.

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