All Benefits for carers articles – Page 44
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AnalysisHow can employers support employees’ summer holiday childcare requirements?
Need to know:Working parents may struggle to arrange childcare for the school summer holidays due to the increase in ad-hoc requirements compared to term time.Employers can implement various benefits, such as employer-funded back-up care or childcare search services, to help working parents plan for the summer break.An organisational culture that ...
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Case StudiesBank of America Merrill Lynch supports working parents over school holidays
Bank of America Merrill Lynch offers its 6,500 UK employees a range of family-friendly benefits to support working parents with ad-hoc childcare arrangements during the long summer holidays.Around 35% of the bank’s workforce has some form of child or adult care responsibility. Adam Brooke, vice president, benefits consultant, UK and ...
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AnalysisIn numbers: Summer holiday childcare costs and provisions in the UK
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ArticleKavitha's keynote: Pay, stress and work-life balance
On Wednesday, trade union Unite orchestrated demonstrations at more than 30 restaurants in the TGI Friday’s chain across the UK, deliberately choosing the Independence Day date to have the biggest impact on the American organisation.Unite members and employees of TGI Friday’s staged the demonstrations in order to draw further attention ...
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ArticleAdmiral Group, Hilton and The Sovini Group recognised as UK’s Best workplaces for women 2018
Admiral Group, Hilton, Pets at Home, The Sovini Group and TSB Bank are among the organisations recognised on the UK’s Best workplaces for women 2018 list, compiled by Great Place to Work.The list, which has been launched for the first time this year, recognises organisations that go beyond statutory requirements ...
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ArticleCA Technologies introduces 12 weeks of paid parental leave for 11,000 global employees
Software organisation CA Technologies has introduced a new global paid parental leave policy for its 11,000 worldwide employees.The parental leave policy, which launched today (Monday 2 July 2018), enables both male and female employees to take a minimum of 12 weeks of paid parental leave during the first 12 months ...
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OpinionChloe Chambraud: Employers need to include women and men in workplace gender equality
In June 2018, the government responded to a Women and Equalities Committee report on fathers in the workplace, rejecting many of their recommendations on paternity leave and pay, shared parental leave and flexible working.This response is disappointing, given the situation facing many working fathers in the UK today. Working Families ...
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ArticlePoll: 56% think working carers should have distinct employment rights
Employee Benefits poll: More than half (56%) of respondents think that working carers should have distinct employment rights in addition to employees’ statutory employment rights.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 41 responses, also found that 37% of respondents do not believe that working carers should have separate employment ...
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ArticleBarclays, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Air Force recognised for family-friendly best practice
Banking organisations Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group, law firm Lewis Silkin and the Royal Air Force are among the winning organisations recognised at Working Families’ best practice awards 2018.The awards, now in their ninth year, celebrate organisations that are establishing a supportive workplace culture and implementing family-friendly policies for working ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Gamesys increases shared parental leave take-up by matching enhanced maternity pay
EXCLUSIVE: Global technology and online gambling organisation Gamesys has increased the take-up of fathers using shared parental leave by matching its shared parental pay to its enhanced maternity pay rate.The organisation, which has 950 employees in the UK, including 700 based in London, enhanced its shared parental leave pay in ...
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OpinionHelen Smith: Managing the wellbeing needs of a multigenerational workforce
Demographic change is expected to profoundly affect the UK labour market over the next two decades, and organisations today often have five different generations working side by side.Research shows that focusing on health, wellbeing and flexibility will help employers to improve employee satisfaction. However, it is crucial for organisations to ...
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ArticleJawonio recognised as breastfeeding-friendly workplace
The Rockland County Department of Health in New York has recognised disability services organisation Jawonio as a breastfeeding-friendly workplace as part of its Breastfeeding Promotion and Support Programme.Jawonio, which has 1,100 employees across the Rockland and Lower Westchester county, is the first employer locally to receive the Breastfeeding Friendly Worksite ...
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AnalysisClosing the gender pay gap: next steps and key challenges
Need to know:Diversity of gender, background, experience and opinion is key to business success, and closing the gender pay gap would have significant economic benefits for the UK.Coaching, mentoring and sponsorship of women is an important way of ensuring female employees do not get stuck in the talent pipeline.Flexible working, ...
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Case StudiesEY Reconnect harnesses untapped talent to tackle the pay gap
When financial services firm EY reported its gender pay gap statistics, which included a median hourly gap of 14.8% and a mean hourly gap of 19.7%, it noted the significant role played by the unequal distribution of women in senior positions.One of the numerous aspects of its approach to closing ...
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OpinionJonathan Swan: How flexible working can help close the gender pay gap
Many organisations are thinking about how they can close their gender pay gap. Fortunately for most, they have a powerful tool at hand in the shape of flexible working. Using flexibility strategically, as part of a wider approach to work-life balance, provides an opportunity to tackle some of the stubborn ...
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ArticlePepsiCo launches paid return-to-work programme
Multinational food and beverage organisation PepsiCo has launched a paid return-to-work programme to help individuals re-enter the workforce after taking a career break.Ready to Return is a 10 to 12-week paid programme targeted at men and women who have been on a career break for two years or more.The programme, ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Applauding the best in benefits
Hello, and welcome to my first official blog as editor of Employee Benefits!For those of you who may have missed last week’s announcement, I have temporarily stepped into the shoes of Debbie Lovewell-Tuck, who is now on maternity leave awaiting her little bundle of joy.While on the topic of special ...
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ArticleGovernment publishes two-year action plan to support carers
The Department of Health and Social Care has published a two-year, cross-government action plan on how to improve the available support for carers in England, including the consideration of dedicated employment rights specifically for carers.Its Carers action plan 2018-2020: support carers today report, published on 5 June 2018, investigates issues ...
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ArticleOutsourced workers continue industrial action against University of London
Following a two-day strike on the 25 and 26 April 2018, outsourced workers from the University of London are taking further industrial action today (6 June 2018), in an ongoing fight to end outsourcing and zero-hour contracts.The protesters aim to gain better access to pensions, holiday and sick pay, and ...
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ArticleBank of America Merrill Lynch and Deloitte shortlisted for benefits for working carers
The Bank of America Merrill Lynch and professional services firm Deloitte (pictured) are shortlisted in the Best benefits to support working carers category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2018.This award celebrates employers that have effectively implemented benefits and strategies to support carers in the workplace.The full shortlist is:Bank of America ...