All Benefits for carers articles – Page 51
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Article52% of fathers would take up shared parental leave
More than half (52%) of respondents who are fathers would take advantage of shared parental leave (SPL), according to research by Working Families.Its survey of 358 fathers also found that a quarter (25%) of respondents that would make use of shared parental leave would do so because they and their ...
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ArticleAccenture sees 12% of new fathers take shared parental leave
More than one in 10 (12%) new fathers at management consulting and professional services organisation Accenture are currently taking shared parental leave.More than 150 employees from all career levels and areas of the business have taken shared parental leave since the government introduced the policy in April 2015.Shared parental leave, ...
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ArticleNorthern Trust introduces childcare advice benefit for London staff
Global financial services organisation Northern Trust has launched a new childcare support and advice benefit for its 1,600 London-based staff.The benefit, provided by Parental Choice, will offer assistance to employees with childcare responsibilities based at the organisation’s London office. This includes tailored childcare searches for all ages across all forms ...
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OpinionSusan Ball: What do the changes to salary sacrifice mean for employers?
With publication of the Finance Bill, the final legislation around changes to salary sacrifice is now available, and considerably more pages have been added. Given the volume of additional legislative text, coupled with the short timeframe between publication and the 6 April 2017 effective date, employers face significant practical difficulties ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Holiday Extras
The workplace benefits on offer at Holiday Extras include:Pension:Group personal pension (GPP) plan, with 3% employee contribution. Employer contributes 3% for the majority of staff and 11% for directors and associate directors. Employees can contribute via salary sacrifice. All employees are eligible after they have passed probation, but must opt ...
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ArticleHong Kong Broadband Network introduces grandparental leave
Telecommunications organisation Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) has introduced a grandparental leave policy.The scheme, which came into effect on 1 April 2017, allows Hong Kong-based employees to take three days of leave when welcoming a new grandchild. To take advantage of the policy, staff are required to submit a family ...
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Article41% want to receive childcare vouchers through salary sacrifice
Two-fifths (41%) of respondents want to receive childcare vouchers via a salary sacrifice arrangement as part of their employee benefits package, according to research by Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services.Its survey of 1,000 employees also found that 51% of respondents want to contribute to their workplace pension through a salary ...
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ArticleTexas-based university to launch new parental and adoption benefits
Texas-based Baylor University is introducing paid parental leave and an adoption assistance programme for its staff and faculty members.The new parental leave policy, which will be available to staff immediately upon joining the university, will provide both male and female full-time employees with up to four weeks of paid leave ...
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ArticleThe tax and legislation changes impacting reward from April 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond used both the Autumn Statement 2016 and the Spring Budget 2017 to confirm a number of measures that will affect the pay and benefits landscape. Below is a round up of these measures, along with other tax and legislation changes coming into effect from April 2017:National minimum ...
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Article50% provide benefits to assist LGBT staff with family care and planning
Half (50%) of global employer respondents provide benefits that support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees with family care and planning, such as fertility treatment, surrogacy, adoption, or parental leave, according to research by Mercer.Its LGBT benefits around the world survey, which surveyed 680 organisations across 50 countries, also ...
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ArticleHow will the Spring Budget 2017 impact pay and benefits?
Chancellor Philip Hammond (pictured) delivered his first and last Spring Budget speech to the House of Commons on Wednesday 8 March 2017. Below is a summary of the key announcements that could impact employers’ pay and benefits strategies:The government’s tax-free childcare policy will be rolled out to parents with children ...
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ArticleJeremy Davies: What more should employers be doing to support working fathers?
For many years, employers have understood that to get the best out of their female staff, they need to find ways of helping them combine work and motherhood. More recently, a few enlightened employers have started to think about how they can support working dads too.But there is still a ...
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Article12% rank health cash plans as their most valued benefit
Just over one in 10 (12%) respondents rank health cash plans as their most valued employee benefit, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its 2017 Willis Towers Watson employee benefits and wellbeing index, which surveyed 1,123 UK full and part-time employees aged between 18 and 64 years old, also found ...
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ArticlePaula Cunnington: What more should employers be doing to support working fathers?
Last year, when we introduced 20 weeks of enhanced shared parental pay at Dentsu Aegis Network to match our maternity and adoption offering, we knew not much would change in the short term. We wanted to do the right thing and set a positive example in the media and advertising ...
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ArticleMegan Jarvie: What more should employers be doing to support working fathers?
The Family and Childcare Trust currently runs the Young Dads Collective (YDC), which works with young dads aged 25 and under to effect change and raise awareness of the specific challenges young men face during their transition from young person to young parent. Young dads are almost invisible in government ...
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Article29% believe more support for working parents would help to close the gender pay gap
More than a quarter (29%) of employee respondents believe that, alongside the upcoming gender pay gap reporting requirements, more support for working parents would help to close the gender pay gap, according to research by CV Library.Its survey of 1,000 UK employees also found that 57% of respondents feel that ...
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ArticleLush to pay all permanent UK staff the voluntary living wage
Cosmetic retail organisation Lush is to pay all of its permanent employees in the UK, including retail and manufacturing staff, the voluntary living wage from April 2017.The commitment to the living wage will result in a pay increase for 3,555 employees, who will see their hourly rate of pay rise ...
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ArticleDanone launches global parental policy
Global food organisation Danone has launched a new global parental policy, including 18 weeks of fully-paid leave for primary caregivers and pre-and post-natal support initiatives.The new policy aims to provide a consistent standard of support to all new and expectant parents across the organisation's 100,000-strong global workforce, regardless of which ...
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Supplier article
Guide to understanding childcare voucher changes
In March 2016, the government announced that it would be rolling out a new tax-free childcare scheme in early 2017. As a HR professional, you’re probably already thinking about how it will work, what it means for the current childcare voucher scheme, and what you should be doing to help ...
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OpinionKirstie Axtens: True flexibility is essential for carers' work-life balance
Working Families published the 2017 Modern Families Index in January. This found that one in five parents and carers who are working full time are putting in five extra weeks a year, the equivalent of their annual holiday allowance, in unpaid work. They are stressed and burnt out. Disappointingly, over ...