All Benefits for carers articles – Page 68
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ArticleQuarter of men agree new parents should share leave
Just under a quarter of men (23%) agree that parents should share parental leave, according to research by Glassdoor.Its 2014 Parental leave survey, which surveyed 1,000 men and 1,000 women under the age of 50, also found that this figure rose to 31% among 18-24 year olds, but fell to ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2015 categories
BEST STAFF TRAVEL POLICYMost effective travel strategy for business and perk car drivers.BEST HEALTHCARE AND WELLBEING BENEFITS - SMALL EMPLOYERMost effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy for employers with fewer than 1,000 staff.BEST HEALTHCARE AND WELLBEING BENEFITS - LARGE EMPLOYERMost effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy for employers with more than 1,000 ...
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AnalysisCost considerations around workplace childcare
If you read nothing else, read this…78% of people with dependent children were in employment, so employers need to consider workplace support where required. Cost and implementation time are often cited by employers as reasons why they do no offer their staff childcare support. It is easy for employers to ...
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Case StudiesNorthern Trust implements emergency childcare support for staff
Cara Collins, senior employee relations consultant at Northern Trust, says: “We looked at paying for a place at the nursery downstairs [in the organisation’s office building], but we did not think that was a good option because only one employee can benefit at any one time, and they also then ...
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Article63% of FTSE 100 staff interested in shared parental leave
Just under two-thirds (63%) of respondents are interested or very interested in taking up shared parental leave when it comes into effect from 1 December, according to research by law firm Linklaters. The legislation will enable eligible parents to share a period of their maternity or adoption leave with their ...
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Article39% struggle to find maternity benefits information
Nearly two in five (39%) female employees struggle to find details about their employer’s maternity benefits, according to research by jobs and careers website Glassdoor.Its survey of 1,000 working women, 500 who have already taken maternity leave and 500 who plan to do so in the future, found that 13% ...
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ArticlePWC loses flexible working discrimination case
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has lost a sex discrimination case against an employee who wished to pursue work flexibly but had his request rejected.Erik Pietzka, who was a manager at accountancy firm PWC’s office in Cardiff, was told by his employer that pursuing the idea of flexible working would damage his career, ...
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ArticleDeloitte, PWC and Shell to offer enhanced paternity packages
Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and Shell are to offer enhanced paternity packages to all employees ahead of new shared parental leave legislation coming into effect from April 2015. Under its package for shared parental leave, Deloitte will match its current level of enhanced maternity or adoption pay, which is set at ...
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ArticleA fifth of HR directors not ready for shared parental leave
Around a fifth (21%) of HR directors are not ready to meet the requirements of shared parental leave legislation, according to research by business outsourcing provider ADP.Its report, The workforce view 2014/15, which surveyed more than 2,500 working adults in the UK, also found that almost three-quarters (70%) of HR ...
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OpinionLovewell's Logic: Will shared parental leave take off?
From Monday (1 December), new rules will mean that, for the first time, working mothers and fathers will be able to share a period of parental leave for 12 months after the birth or adoption of a child.As well as offering eligible families much greater flexibility around childcare following the ...
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Implications of the October 2015 childcare voucher changes
If you read nothing else, read this…Tax-free childcare will be introduced in October 2015.Working parents who are not in receipt of childcare vouchers at that date will go into the new scheme.The change will have significant tax and cost implications for both employers and working parents if neither prepares for ...
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Case StudiesNorthern Trust supports employees' work-life balance
Northern Trust, which has 1,400 employees in the UK and a workforce that is 35% female, introduced a range of work-life balance initiatives in 2012 with a view to increase flexible working, raise its return-to-work ratio among working mothers, and improve employee engagement and productivity.The firm’s WorkSmart programme, which enables ...
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AnalysisHow flexible working can boost staff wellbeing
If you read nothing else, read this…The right to request flexible working was extended to all UK employees on 30 June 2014.Flexible working options allow staff to be more flexible about managing their health, whether it be controlling the times they take medication, frequent the gym or cycle to work.Flexible ...
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ArticleCentrica to launch network for working fathers
EXCLUSIVE: Centrica is setting up a social dads network for its working fathers following a review into updating the organisation’s family-friendly policies.The energy organisation, which owns British Gas, decided to implement such a programme on the back of the shared parental leave legislation which comes into force in December.As a ...
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ArticleCivil Service staff to receive equal parental leave pay
All Civil Service employees will be entitled to full parental leave pay from April 2015, the government has announced today.Currently, only mothers are entitled to full pay when a couple chooses to share parental leave but under new reforms, fathers will also be given the same entitlements.Under the current system, ...
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ArticleEnding of colleague's contract not maternity discrimination
An employment tribunal has ruled that failure to inform an employee about the ending of a colleague’s contract does not result in maternity discrimination.The decision comes from the case Smith-Twigger v Abbey Protection Group, where the claimant had worked full-time but from April 2011 arranged, because of her childcare responsibilities, ...
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ArticleEmployers must prepare for shared parental leave requests
Under the new rules, which take effect from December 2014, parents will be able to share 12 months’ leave after the birth of their child.Employees who discover they are pregnant and are due to give birth after 5 April 2015 can start sending their employers a notice of eligibility and ...
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ArticleThree-quarters of parents rate flexible working as very important
Nearly three-quarters of parents rate flexible working as very important when they are looking for a new job, according to research by Workingmums.co.uk, sponsored by BBC Future Media.The survey of more than 2,000 parents also found that homeworking is the most popular form of flexible working among employers, but few ...
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Article44% of working mums would consider shared parental leave
More than two-fifths (44%) of working mums would consider sharing their maternity leave with their partner once shared parental leave comes into effect in 2015, according to research by Workingmums.co.ukIts annual survey, which questioned 2,390 working mums, found that this number has risen by 3% since 2013.The research also found ...