All Benefits for carers articles – Page 19
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ArticleSony Music UK launches childcare funding scheme
Sony Music UK has introduced a policy that allows some of its parent employees to receive a financial contribution towards childcare costs for pre-school age children.The scheme provides lower and middle earners with up to a maximum of £15,000 funding per year towards the cost of childcare during working hours. ...
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ArticleDeloitte expands family policies and launches flexible pensions
Deloitte has made improvements to its family policies and will offer its 22,000 UK employees greater choice in how they receive the value of its pension contribution.The length of its enhanced maternity and adoption pay has increased from 16 weeks of full pay and 10 weeks of half pay, to ...
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ArticleTribunal awards £36,000 to woman denied flexible working
An employment tribunal has awarded more than £36,000 to a woman whose employer, the British Deaf Association, denied her request for reduced hours and flexible working arrangements after having a baby.Lisanne Hedger left her role as a project manager for British Deaf Association when her boss refused to approve her ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 23 - 29 September 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 23 and 29 September 2022 were: Government scraps 45% tax rate on incomes above £150,000Natwest Group replaces paternity leave with inclusive partner policyGovernment drops income tax basic rate to 19% one year earlyHSBC UK and Bristol Myers Squibb named among top menopause ...
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ArticleNatwest Group and Pinsent Masons named top family-friendly employers
Natwest Group, Citigroup and Pinsent Masons have been named as top flexible and family-friendly employers in the UK by charity Working Families.Large and small employers from across the public, private and third sectors were judged for their approach to flexible and family-friendly working.Other organisations that scored highly include Crown Prosecution ...
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ArticleBNP Paribas enhances paid parental leave policy for US staff
BNP Paribas is to enhance its paid parental leave policy for all eligible US employees.From 1 October, it will offer up to 24 weeks of fully paid leave for the birth parent and up to 16 weeks fully paid leave for the non-birth parent.The organisation has made these enhancements as ...
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ArticleSkanska UK updates family friendly benefits and leave
Construction firm Skanska UK has enhanced its maternity, paternity, adoption and dependants benefits with immediate effect for its more than than 3,300 employees across the real estate, defence, education, highways, rail and water sectors.Skanska UK increased maternity and adoption leave to 26 weeks fully paid, and paternity leave to eight ...
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ArticleNatwest Group replaces paternity leave with inclusive partner policy
Natwest Group has introduced an enhanced parental leave policy, referred to as 'partner leave', for employees in the UK, Guernsey, Jersey, Gibraltar, Republic of Ireland, India and Poland, which will come into effect in January 2023.The partner leave allowance has replaced the bank's existing paternity leave policies and provide the ...
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ArticleRae Avatar Barnett: What are the benefits of offering enhanced parental leave?
When I recently had the pleasure of announcing Laing O’Rourke had taken the bold decision to be the first constructor to introduce a new equal parenthood policy, I thought it would get quite a reaction, but the level of excitement it has generated has been overwhelming. Nearly two months on ...
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ArticleAmy Davies: What are the benefits of offering enhanced parental leave?
Our people make us who we are. We nurture and develop talent across our teams and are grateful to our colleagues for their time and energy. We are proud to have such an incredible Superdrug family.At Superdrug, we understand the impact a work-life balance has on general wellbeing and feel ...
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AnalysisHow can benefits support new fathers in the workplace?
Employers may want to think about how they can use flexible working to support employees following the birth of a child.One way in which employers can support new fathers is through encouraging open discussion in the workplace to help recognise the challenges that come with being a working parent.Bringing paternity ...
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Case StudiesABB supports new fathers through gender neutral parental leave policy
Global technology business ABB, which has around 105,000 employees across more than 100 countries, launched a gender neutral global parental leave programme at the start of this year. It grants 12 weeks of paid leave for primary caregivers and four weeks for secondary caregivers as part of its efforts to ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 9 - 15 September 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 9 and 15 September 2022 were: Sainsbury’s launches cost-of-living support packageGreene King enhances maternity leave and supportAlexander Dennis staff to strike over payMedian monthly pay up 6.5% in August 2022Arcoframe to pay staff £160 a month cost-of-living bonusNorwich City Council launches living ...
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ArticleGreene King enhances maternity leave and support
Pub chain and brewer Greene King has enhanced its maternity leave policy and introduced a package of wrap-around support for both before and after leave, as of last week.Salaried employees have been given 26 weeks of full pay plus 13 weeks of statutory maternity pay, and hourly team members have ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 26 August - 1 September 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 26 August - 1 September 2022 were: More than 80% of employers help staff with cost-of-living riseWest Brom Building Society gives staff one-off £1,200 paymentFour-fifths think employers should help with rising living costsBelfast City Council introduces extended bereavement leaveFormer Turner Contemporary employee ...
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ArticleHalf of employers support the extension of statutory paternity leave
Almost half (46%) of UK organisations said they support extending statutory paternity or partner leave and pay, with 29% backing an extension to six weeks or more, according to new data from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).The professional body for HR and people development surveyed 2,000 senior ...
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Supplier articleHOW TO GET DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION TRAINING RIGHT
When done correctly, diversity and inclusion training (sometimes referred to as diversity, equity and inclusion training) offers organisations a wide range of benefits. However, it takes a lot of thought and work to get it right. If your organisation is looking to implement DEI training in the ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 19 - 25 August 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 19 - 25 August 2022 were: EXCLUSIVE: Natwest Group introduces menopause supportOddbox launches financial wellbeing platform for staff4Com gives staff extra £200 a month to help with energy bills Work-life balance beats salary as top factor in choosing new roleUK ranks sixth ...
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ArticleUK ranks sixth worst in the world for parental leave
Research by Confused.com has revealed that the UK offers the sixth worst parental leave package in the world.In the UK, mothers were found to receive an average of 11.6 weeks of fully paid parental leave, while fathers received just 0.4 weeks. The average payment rate was 0.19%, with mothers receiving ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits on offer at Blood Cancer UK
The benefits offered by Blood Cancer UK:Pension and group riskGroup personal pension scheme for all employees with default contributions of 5% for employee and employer. Employees can change their contributions and if they maintain it above 3%, the employer contribution continues. Employer contributions increase to 10% upon completion of five ...