All Benefits for carers articles – Page 52
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ArticleNebraska introduces maternity leave donation programme
The State of Nebraska has introduced a new maternity leave donation programme to enable state employees to donate paid holiday days to colleagues taking family medical leave.The new maternity leave donation programme, effective from 8 January 2018, is applicable for new or expectant mothers, and is designed to help state ...
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ArticleWalmart to increase pay and expand family-friendly benefits in US
US-based retail organisation Walmart is to increase pay for employees paid on an hourly basis, as well as expand its family-friendly benefits offering to introduce a new adoption support benefit.The pay rise, which will be effective from the organisation’s 17 February 2018 pay cycle, will see all employees that are ...
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ArticleGerman metalwork employees strike in dispute over pay and work-life balance
More than 15,000 metalwork and electrical employees based in Germany who are members of the trade union IG Metall have undertaken strike action in a dispute over pay and work-life balance.Affected IG Metall members, who work across 80 different organisations, undertook strike action yesterday (Monday 8 January 2018) after negotiated ...
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ArticleNew York introduces paid family leave for all private sector employees
New York has introduced a new state-wide paid family leave benefit for all New York-based employees who work in the private sector.The new family leave benefit, which is effective from 1 January 2018, will be phased in over a four-year period. It has been designed to enable new parents to ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 82% would like deadline to join childcare voucher schemes extended
EXCLUSIVE: More than four-fifths (82%) of employer respondents would like to see the joining deadline for childcare voucher schemes extended beyond April 2018, according to research by Jelf Employee Benefits.Its survey of 192 senior HR professionals also found that 63% of respondents will be making their employees aware of the ...
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Article95% do not offer a returnship programme
The majority (95%) of employer respondents do not currently offer a returnship programme for parents looking to re-enter the workplace, according to research by Totaljobs.Its survey of 2,623 UK employees and 98 UK employers, also found that 69% of employer respondents would implement a returnship programme if the initiative was ...
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OpinionAnt Donaldson: What does 2018 hold for employee benefits?
Every year seems to bring new challenges, so what should we be looking out for in 2018?As always, changing regulations are a key theme. Despite a quiet Budget, the headline change is the increase in minimum pensions auto-enrolment contributions to 5% from April, including 3% from employees, with a further ...
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Article36% say workplace pensions are the most valuable employee benefit
Just over a third (36%) of employer respondents say that workplace pensions are the most valued employee benefit, according to research by Hargreaves Lansdown.Its Workplace benefits: the employer view report, which surveyed 349 UK employers, also found that 15% who rank private medical insurance as the most valuable, while 12% ...
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ArticleLegg Mason enhances paid parental leave for US staff
Legg Mason has enhanced paid parental leave for its 785 US-based employees.The investment management firm's new parental leave offering, which will be effective from 1 January 2018, will enable both men and women who are new parents and who have at least one year of service to take up to ...
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OpinionRaman Sankaran: Is it time for eldercare to get the same recognition as childcare?
Growing old is as natural as being young. Yet, while most businesses have policies to support their employees’ childcare arrangements, eldercare is ambiguous or completely overlooked.Two-thirds of British adults believe organisations should redress this imbalance, giving eldercare the same support as childcare receives, according to the Simplyhealth/YouGov Everyday health tracker ...
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ArticleAviva introduces equal paid parental leave
Insurance organisation Aviva has introduced equal paid parental leave, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, or how an employee became a parent (birth, adoption or surrogacy), for staff in the UK, Ireland, France, Singapore and Canada.Each new parent employed by the organisation will be entitled to receive 26 weeks leave at ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group and McDonald’s among 2017’s top employers for gender diversity
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Lloyds Banking Group and McDonald’s are among the organisations recognised at 2017’s Top Employers Awards, hosted by Workingmums.co.uk.The awards, now in its eighth year, celebrates organisations that are leading innovation and best practice in gender diversity and flexible working.The winners were announced ...
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ArticleAllianz Global Corporate and Speciality UK to introduce benefits for parents and carers
Corporate and speciality insurance organisation Allianz Global Corporate and Speciality UK (AGCS) is to launch an online portal and back-up care benefit designed to help any of its its 400 UK-based employees who are parents or carers.The new benefits, which will be provided by My Family Care, will be launched ...
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Case StudiesDeloitte UK uses return-to-work internships to promote gender balance
Professional services organisation Deloitte UK operates a return-to-work internship programme to support individuals back into work after a career break of more than two years.The 20-week paid internship programme, which launched in October 2015, is available for UK-based men and women who have had a career break of two years ...
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Case StudiesKPMG uses employee coaches to support staff with parenthood
Professional services organisation KPMG uses internal employee coaches to deliver face-to-face group or one-to-one coaching sessions for new parents as part of its Empowering Parents programme.KPMG launched its Empowering Parents programme for its 15,000 UK-based employees, in July 2017 to help support staff with all stages of their parental journey. ...
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OpinionSian McKinley: Enhancing shared parental pay could be the answer to levelling the childcare playing field
The low take-up of shared parental leave is due in large part to fathers not being able to afford to take it at statutory rates. The facts of Ali v Capita Customer Management are unfortunately entirely consistent with these findings.Mr Ali sought to take shared parental leave to care for ...
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AnalysisWhat should a return-to-work strategy for parents and carers include?
Need to know:Initiatives that facilitate peer-to-peer support, such as buddying, can be instrumental in helping parents manage the transition to working carer in light of their organisation’s policies and resources.Line managers should be provided with training to ensure they have effective conversations with employees undertaking maternity, paternity or shared parental ...
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Article15% have access to a return-to-work programme at their organisation
More than one in 10 (15%) of respondents state that their organisation currently has a return-to-work programme in place, according to research by Hays.Its Hays UK gender diversity report 2017, which surveyed 5,400 UK respondents, also found that 70% of respondents believe that there would be greater gender equality if ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Should employers do more to support working fathers?
How supportive is your organisation of working fathers? Do they feel able to take parental leave or does this continue to be perceived as a benefit primarily for female employees, particularly in the first year of their child’s life?Research published by Hays in New Zealand earlier this week found that ...
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OpinionRaoul Parekh: Why are more dads not taking shared parental leave?
Let’s turn our minds back to 2015, when employment lawyers and HR professionals were busying themselves by poring over the five sets of regulations that established the new shared parental leave regime. We prepared clear, straightforward policies for employees. We designed simple forms, and carefully uploaded them to the organisation ...