All Benefits for carers articles – Page 49
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ArticleChiswick Park Enjoy-Work hosts family fun day at on-site beach
Property management organisation Chiswick Park Enjoy-Work, which manages West London business campus Chiswick Park, hosted a family fun day for up to 9,000 employees, at its specially created on-site beach.Held on Friday 27 July 2018, the family fun day concluded Chiswick Park's two-week 'Life's a beach' event. This started on ...
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Article46% offer parental leave in excess of local legal requirements
Almost half (46%) of top employers worldwide offer parental leave in excess of local legal requirements, according to research by the Top Employers Institute.The report, HR trends 2018: priorities and practices of the world's leading employers, analysed the priorities and practices of 1,300 global employers which have been audited and ...
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ArticleDirect Line Group extends family-friendly benefits for 10,000 staff
Insurance organisation Direct Line Group has today (Thursday 26 July 2018) extended its family-friendly benefits for 10,000 UK-based employees.The organisation's maternity and adoption benefit will now enable eligible employees to take up to 20 weeks of fully paid leave, as well as an additional 12-week phased return-to-work period, also fully ...
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Article9% of employers provide more than the two-week statutory paternity leave entitlement
Less than one in 10 (9%) of employer respondents improve on the two-week statutory paternity leave entitlement for their employees, according to research by benchmarking service and independent information platform Incomes Data Research (IDR).The Maternity and paternity pay 2018 report surveyed 119 organisations with a collective total of 458,000 employees. ...
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ArticleWomen and Equalities Committee says government is failing to enforce age discrimination laws
Discrimination is the root cause of the fact that more than one million individuals in the UK aged 50-plus are not working, despite being willing to do so, according to a report published today (17 July 2018) by The Women and Equalities Committee.The report on older people and employment also ...
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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 ...