All Benefits for carers articles – Page 49
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Health and wellbeing: Employee benefits that matter
The eight-minute video above, presented by James Fisher, head of sales at Embryocare, covers:What benefits can employers put in place to help employees look after their families?What type of benefit is most valuable to an employee?What type of benefit is most valuable to an employer?Do employers have a responsibility to ...
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ArticleEquality and Human Rights Commission recommends measures to reduce pay gaps
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has recommended that employers in the UK, Scotland and Wales offer all jobs, including the most senior positions, on a flexible and part-time basis to help employees retain skilled positions in the workplace.The recommendation forms part of the Commission’s Fair opportunities for all: ...
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ArticleAurecon enhances family benefits for Australian and New Zealand staff
Engineering organisation Aurecon has enhanced its family-friendly benefits for its 1,890 Australia and New Zealand-based employees, including the launch of a shared care benefit.The new shared care benefit provides financial support to help secondary carers take on primary carer roles. The support can be accessed in three different situations. First, ...
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ArticleDLA Piper enhances parental benefits for Hong Kong staff
Global law firm DLA Piper has extended its paid maternity and paternity leave policies for its 200 Hong Kong-based employees, and launched a maternity coaching programme for new and expectant parents.Adoptive and birth parents can take up to 18 weeks of maternity leave and up to 10 days of paternity ...
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Article9% offer emergency adult and eldercare support
Less than in 10 (9%) employer respondents offer emergency adult and eldercare support, according to research by My Family Care and Hydrogen.The Childcare and family-friendly benefits: employer survey and parental leave benchmark report, which surveyed 300 HR professionals, also found that 12% of respondents provide back-up care for childcare emergencies.The ...
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ArticleUS maritime organisation introduces 12 weeks of paid parental leave
Marine transportation and logistics organisation Crowley Maritime Corporation has introduced a new parental leave policy to allow its US-based staff to take 12 weeks of leave at full pay.The new benefit will enable full-time, shore-based US employees who have at least one year of service to take 12 weeks of ...
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ArticleRos Altmann: How can employers support staff with later life care costs?
Employers could help staff with later life care costs. Employers offer employee benefits packages including pensions, life insurance, health and ill-health cover, but there is no specific benefit that recognises requirements for later life care. And people will need help not only for their own care, but perhaps for their ...
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ArticleNigel Peaple: How can employers support staff with later life care costs?
The care conundrum is not simple and the vast majority of employers may wish to consider later life care costs from two different perspectives.First, some members of their workforce are likely to need to finance care in later life, well past the age that they are likely to have a ...
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ArticleDavid Finch: How can employers support staff with later life care costs?
The friction between work and caring responsibilities has a long and troubled history. It is a key reason why women leave the labour market and an enduring source of the gender pay gap.But addressing this challenge has, in one respect, been one of Britain's biggest labour market success over the ...
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ArticleNew bill to give parents statutory paid leave to grieve death of a child
A new bill has been introduced to Parliament that would enable employed parents to receive statutory paid leave to grieve after the death of their child.The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill was introduced into Parliament on 19 July 2017 by Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton. The law ...
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OpinionJames Wilders: Father succeeds in sex discrimination claim
The Equality Act protects men as well as women from being discriminated against on grounds of sex. In the case of Madasar Ali v Capita Customer Management, an Employment Tribunal has held that an employer's failure to pay enhanced shared parental pay at the same rate as enhanced maternity pay ...
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ArticleNashville Metropolitan Government introduces paid family leave benefit
The Metropolitan (Metro) Government of Nashville and Davidson County has launched a paid family leave benefit for its employees.The new benefit, which was approved unanimously by the Civil Service Commission on 11 July 2017, enables eligible Tennessee-based Metro Government employees to take approximately six weeks of paid leave on the ...
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AnalysisHow can employers do more to support eldercare in the workplace?
Need to know:Employers are increasingly finding ways to support workers who are juggling jobs, children, and looking after elderly parents.A new era of flexible working is making life easier for carers. For employers that want to do more, concierge-style support programmes are an avenue to explore.The government has mooted a ...
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OpinionSally Hulston: Support for working carers will ensure employers retain the best talent
An ageing population and the fact that we are all working for longer means that more people are likely to become working carers than ever before. This includes a growing sandwich generation tasked with juggling the care of both children and elderly relatives.Increasingly, employers are offering varying degrees of specialised ...
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Case StudiesShell embraces eldercare with flexible working and consultancy service
At Shell, a flexible workplace is already a reality. Eleanor Silverio, the oil giant’s UK benefits policy lead, says: “I don’t sense any kind of stigma for those choosing eldercare initiatives. People in our [organisation] are used to balancing challenging home and work demands, supported by the flexible workplace environment ...
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ArticleDulas and Imperial College London named 2017's Top Employers for Working Families
Engineering organisation Dulas, Grant Thornton UK, Imperial College London, Lloyds Banking Group, and West Dunbartonshire Council are among the winning organisations at the 2017 Top Employers for Working Families Special Awards.The annual awards celebrate UK organisations that embed flexibility for all employees into their policies, tackle gendered and traditional ideas ...
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ArticleWashington to legislate for paid family and medical leave
Washington has passed a bill to introduce a new paid family and medical leave benefit for employees based in the US state.The new family and medical leave programme, which will come into effect from 1 January 2020, will enable eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid family ...
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ArticleJohns Hopkins University enhances family-friendly benefits
US-based Johns Hopkins University has enhanced its family-friendly benefits, introducing a new paid parental leave benefit and increasing the financial assistance offered to adoptive parents.The new paid parental leave benefit, effective from 1 July 2017, will enable birth and adoptive mothers and fathers to take four weeks of leave at ...
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ArticleMicrosoft rolls out global family caregiver benefit
Technology organisation Microsoft has launched a paid family caregiver benefit for its employees worldwide.The new benefit allows employees to take up to four weeks of fully-paid leave in order to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition.Microsoft launched the family caregiver leave for its US employees ...
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Article13% would consider a new job if it offered benefits aligned with their needs
Less than one-fifth (13%) of employee respondents would be tempted to consider a new job if it offered benefits that were more aligned with their needs, according to research from Hays.Its What workers want report 2017, which surveyed 13,650 UK employers and employees, also found that 36% of employee respondents ...