All Benefits for carers articles – Page 23
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: BP creates innovative support for working carers
Employee Benefits Live 2021: Initiatives to support working carers do not have to be expensive, and can utilise in-house resources, said Mayur Lalithraj, reward lead and co-chair working parents and carers business resource group, at BP.Speaking in the panel session, 'Strengthening business by empowering working parents and carers', Lalithraj (pictured) ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Sir Robert McAlpine aligns benefits to its family values
Employee Benefits Live 2021: Civil engineering firm Sir Robert McAlpine has transformed its benefits offering to ensure it is reflective of its strong family values.Senior HR business partner Rachel Leyland revealed how the firm uses Reward Gateway's platform to bring its benefits together in one place and ensure employees are ...
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ArticleBelfast NHS workers get emergency childcare tax bill
A total of 130 NHS workers have reportedly received an increased tax bill due to their emergency childcare during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.According to staff employed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, they were offered free emergency childcare as they could not work from home when schools and ...
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Article79% of employers offer enhanced maternity leave pay
New data has highlighted that almost four-fifths (79%) of employers now offer staff enhanced maternity, adoption and surrogacy leave pay above the statutory minimum.Nursery care provider Bright Horizons’ Parental leave benchmark, which included almost 700 responses from sectors in the UK and Ireland such as financial, and legal and professional ...
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ArticleAbbots Care introduces staff wellbeing app
Home health care service Abbots Care has announced the launch of a mobile app to monitor, understand and support the health and mental wellbeing of its care workers today (27 September).The app will help to combat feelings of isolation and allows care workers to log how they are feeling following ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Flexible working requests back under the microscope
The government published its consultation on making flexible working requests an employee right from their first day of employment on Wednesday (22 September), bringing the issue back under the microscope.While some representative bodies, such as the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, have welcomed the move, others have said that ...
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ArticleRoyds Withy King launches pregnancy loss leave
UK law firm Royds Withy King has introduced compassionate leave for employees who suffer pregnancy loss before 24 weeks.The firm launched the policy on 21 September (Tuesday) for its 480 staff members who either experience a loss of this kind or are the partner of someone who does. Qualifying employees ...
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Supplier articleCan Your Benefits Survive The Great Resignation?
As the economy moves into a post-pandemic phase, employee attitudes and expectations of employers have changed drastically. Now that we know remote work works, employees are more empowered than ever—with many increasingly unwilling to take on roles that require sacrifices to their quality of life. Across the ...
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ArticleGovernment plans for flexible working from day one
The UK government has announced plans to allow every worker in Great Britain the right to request flexible working from the first day of their job.The proposals, which were originally set out in the government’s 2019 manifesto, will consider whether limiting flexible working applications to one per year continues to ...
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ArticleLove Energy Savings launches staff flexible working
Bolton, UK-based energy retailer Love Energy Savings has allowed its members of staff to set their own working hours.The policy, titled 'Flexible-Flexible', was launched recently as a result of the changing nature of the workplace post-Covid-19 (Coronavirus) and at a time when the business is planning to double the number ...
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Case StudiesWickes supports staff with menopause and fertility benefits
UK home improvement retailer Wickes has more than 7,000 employees working at 233 stores across the country.The business rolled out the Peppy Menopause and Fertility services for its staff at the end of February as it had been looking to improve upon its family-friendly policy. Support for miscarriage and in ...
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Article89% of employers offer counselling as a staff benefit
New research has revealed that nine in 10 businesses (89%) offer counselling or an employee assistance programme (EAP) as part of their reward strategy, making it the number one benefit provided by UK organisations.For its latest benefits and allowances survey, online HR resource XpertHR received responses from 180 organisations which ...
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ArticleGender pay gap advice published before deadline
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has published new gender pay gap advice in conjunction with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on measures organisations should be taking to address pay inequality.The Institute stressed that women were hit worst by the pandemic, citing research showing they were more likely to work ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Benefits can empower employees
This week, I think it’s time to focus on the positives and celebrate employers that have introduced benefits to empower employees and improve their overall wellbeing.Retailer Halfords, for example, launched a platform for staff that helps with financial budgeting, savings and education. Because it is built around a flexible pay ...
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ArticleAmex and Citigroup among top family-friendly employers
Parents and carers helpline Working Families has announced its twelfth annual list of the top flexible and family-friendly employers in the UK.This year’s top 10 are American Express, Citigroup, Crown Prosecution Service, Grant Thornton, Independent Living Fund Scotland, Welsh Parliament, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Pinsent Masons, Natwest Group ...
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Supplier articleNumis prevents hybrid working staff divide with family support platform
In a bid to remain competitive in attracting new talent and retaining staff, many employers are formalising new ways of work and with the hybrid working revolution in full swing, leading investment banking firm, Numis, recognised a need to support its staff with caring and family responsibilities such that hybrid ...
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Supplier articleWorking from home is not enough to solve the crisis of parents forced out of work
The ability to work from home is not a silver bullet for staff struggling with work-life balance and juggling family responsibilities. According to new research, working from home over the lockdown primarily improved work-life balance for those over the age of 55, while those below retirement age ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Pregnant Then Screwed to give keynote at Employee Benefits Live 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Joeli Brearley, founder of charity and campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed, will be delivering the closing keynote speech about the motherhood penalty on Thursday 7 October at Employee Benefits Live 2021.The speech, titled 'What employers need to know about the motherhood penalty', will take place at the end of ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits on offer at Herbert Smith Freehills
The benefits offered by Herbert Smith Freehills:PensionA defined contribution (DC) pension scheme for all employees, with employer-matched contributions up to a total of 16% (employee/employer).Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance (PMI) scheme, employer paid for all employees and their families.Income protection, employer paid for all employees.Health screening, employee paid.Health cash plan, ...
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Supplier articleSurvey: Work-Life Imbalance Threatens Return To Office
For UK companies grappling with severe labor shortages, inadequate family support is proving harmful to both parents and employers. At the onset of the summer holiday break, we collected feedback from the experts in this area - working parents. Roughly 1 in 4 entered into the holiday ...