All Benefits for carers articles
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AnalysisDave Finlay: What is the most appreciated benefit you offer that supports working parents or carers?
Law firm Fieldfisher has found that its carers and dependants leave policy, which provides five days of paid leave per year from day one, is the benefit most appreciated by its working parents and carers.
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AnalysisBeverley Fairbank: What is the most appreciated benefit you offer that supports working parents or carers?
Jaguar Land Rover provides 52 weeks of fully-paid maternity, adoption and surrogacy leave, alongside shared parental leave options and an early returner bonus.
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AnalysisBuyer’s guide to fertility benefits
Fertility benefits are becoming a key component of progressive employee packages, offering clinical guidance, treatment funding and emotional support.
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OpinionLovewell’s logic: Are employers missing a trick around flexibility?
Research reveals that the majority of working mothers want more flexibility than they currently have, yet many feel uncomfortable asking for it and some employers remain explicitly unsupportive.
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ArticleRosewood Hotel Group introduces global gender-neutral parental leave
Rosewood Hotel Group has launched a global parental leave policy that offers a minimum standard of 16 weeks of fully-paid parental leave across its international portfolio.
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Article23% of women believe parental leave has slowed career progression
Just under a quarter (23%) of women who have taken parental leave feel their career progression has slowed as a result, according to research by HiBob.
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Article44% of employers offer both enhanced parental leave and pay
Employee Benefits poll: Almost half (44%) of employers said they offer both enhanced parental leave and pay.
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AnalysisBuyer’s guide to eldercare benefits
With more people caring for elderly dependents than children under the age of 15, employers face growing pressure to provide eldercare benefits.
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Article37% of working parents changed jobs for greater flexibility
More than a third (37%) of working parents have changed jobs in search of greater flexibility, as 93% rely on some form of childcare, according to research by Work.Life.
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OpinionEmma Willars: The care gap undermining women’s career progression
Mothers are 50% more likely than men to say having children has harmed their career, highlighting the need for practical care infrastructure beyond flexible working and parental leave policies.
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OpinionPeter Byrne: What do the upcoming changes to parental leave mean?
Legislative changes coming into effect on 6 April will remove qualifying periods for paternity leave and introduce new bereavement entitlements.
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ArticleGovernment to extend teachers’ full maternity pay
Ministers have announced plans to double the period of full maternity pay for teachers, leaders and support staff in England, increasing it from four to eight weeks.
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ArticleBabcock International Group introduces premature baby leave for UK staff
Defence engineering firm Babcock International Group has introduced premature baby leave for its UK-based employees.
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ArticleGender pay gap ‘will not close until 2056’
The gender pay gap in the UK will not close until 2056 if progress continues at the current rate, according to the TUC. The trade union body’s analysis of official pay data reveals the gap between men and women’s average wages stands at 12.8%, or £2,548 per year.
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ArticleCanada Life introduces time off for life events and emergency care benefit
Retirement, investment and protection firm Canada Life has introduced additional time off for life events and emergency back-up care.
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ArticleIceland ranked best country for working mothers
Iceland has been named the best place in Europe for professional parents, according to new research by Click Offices.
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ArticleLidl GB to increase entry-level hourly pay and double paid paternity leave
Supermarket Lidl GB is to increase entry-level hourly pay from 1 March for its 35,000 salaried and hourly paid employees.
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OpinionShelley Sutton and Maz Dannourah: Why enhanced paternity leave is strategically smart
New parental leave rights will come into force from April as part of the Employment Rights Act 2025, with the government estimating 1.5 million parents will benefit from greater flexibility.
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ArticlePoll: Do you offer enhanced parental leave and/or pay?
Have your say in our latest readers’ poll.
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Case StudiesPodcast: Myerson Solicitors’ employee ownership culture shapes benefits proposition
Myerson Solicitors has positioned benefits as central to its employee proposition, using its Bee Well initiative to support financial, mental and physical wellbeing alongside work-life balance and career development.