All Benefits for carers articles – Page 24
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ArticleZurich UK sees 300,000 paternity leave hours taken
Insurance organisation Zurich UK has revealed that its working fathers have taken 300,000 hours of paternity leave since it launched its enhanced package in 2019.OnePoll surveyed 1,000 respondents on behalf of the provider and found that in the past two years, two out of three (63%) dads opted to take ...
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OpinionPolly Neate: What employers need to know about the housing emergency
The housing emergency is real. Just ask your colleagues.Right now in the UK, working families are being evicted from their homes. Working people are living in hostels and working parents are going without food just so they can pay the rent. This is the housing emergency. How much do you ...
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Supplier articleClient Success Story: Xexec and Serco
Serco specialise in the delivery of essential public services, with people working in defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare, and other citizen services. Serco has 30K+ UK employees across 542 locations. Serco partnered with Xexec to address the challenge of providing a benefits programme that makes a positive impact on their ...
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Supplier articleWhy We’re Awarding London Startups £50,000 In Free Childcare
The current childcare crisis is affecting the competitiveness of every startup in the UK today. More childcare centers and nurseries have shut in London than in any other part of the UK. Throughout the pandemic, working parents–all too often women—were forced to leave full-time employment due to ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 8 October - 14 October 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 8 October – 14 October 2021 were: Kuoni launches hybrid working for head office staffEXCLUSIVE: BP creates innovative support for working carersHow do staff travel schemes vary around the world?EXCLUSIVE WorkLife research: 34% of SMEs have staff with mental health issuesGender pay ...
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ArticleLandwood Group introduces staff menopause policy
Manchester-based property and asset business Landwood Group has implemented a new staff menopause policy as part of its commitment to remove female progression barriers within the property sector.According to the group, which employs around 30 people, the approach involves the menopause being formally classed as a health condition and ensures ...
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Article88% of staff think parental leave policies aid wellbeing
New research has revealed that 88% of employees and managers think that organisations with parental leave programmes show support for wellbeing, with 52% strongly agreeing with this.Bright Horizons’ findings, which are comprised of responses from staff and managers who are users of the nursery and back-up care provider’s parental leave ...
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Article41% of working mothers held back from promotion
Research carried out by charity Working Families, to mark its launch of this year's National Work Life Week (11–15 October), has revealed that 41% of working mothers believe that being a parent is holding them back from promotion at work, while 50% with additional caring responsibilities state the same.The charity ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Microsoft introduces leave benefits to support employees through pandemic
Employee Benefits Live 2021: The pandemic forced the hand of employers to look at how to adapt benefit strategies to best support employees through challenging times, said Tim Robertson, Emea compensation and benefits lead at Microsoft.Robertson, (pictured) addressed delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2021, at London’s Excel, in a panel ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Pregnant Then Screwed: Time to tackle the motherhood penalty
Employee Benefits Live 2021: The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has “turbo-charged” discrimination against working mothers and pregnant women, and employers must turn this around, according to Joeli Brearley, founder of campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed.“This is a key time for all of us. As ambitious employers and HR professionals you are ...
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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 ...