All Benefits for carers articles – Page 72
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Flexible working most sought after benefit
More than half (55%) of respondents rate flexible working hours as the benefit they would most like to receive from their employer, according to research by financial services firm Engage Mutual.The Employee benefits study, which polled 1,254 working adults, found that 38% of respondents do not receive any workplace benefits, ...
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Sellafield to host childcare roadshow
EXCLUSIVE: Nuclear waste management firm Sellafield will host a roadshow to promote its childcare benefits during National Work-Life Week from 24 to 28 September.The roadshow, including a stand with freebies, a display board about childcare vouchers from provider Computershare Voucher Services, plus booklets and fliers, will be held at its ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Sellafield powers up communication on childcare vouchers
Nuclear reprocessing site Sellafield has offered its 9,500 UK employees childcare vouchers for many years, but it continues to refresh its communications to ensure the value of the benefit is fully understood.Common employee questions include: Where can the vouchers be used? What kind of childcare is covered? How much saving ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Vinci builds childcare voucher take-up
Construction firm Vinci UK launched a communications campaign early this year to refresh its 4,000 employees’ knowledge of its childcare voucher scheme.The campaign, created with Vinci’s provider, Computershare Voucher Services, included benefits roadshows, online slides, posters and material in its maternity- and paternity-leave packages.Campaign content highlighted the variety of childcare ...
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Key facts about childcare vouchers
If you read nothing else, read this… Employees can use childcare vouchers for any registered nursery or childminder, as well as after-school and summer clubs, for children up to the age of 16. Vouchers can be refunded, but they cannot be transferred between employers. Both working parents are entitled to ...
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Flexible working offered by less than half of employers
Less than half (47%) of respondents’ employers offer flexible working for their entire workforce, according to research by workplace software provider Croner Solutions.Its research, which surveyed 1,200 working adults, found that 23% of respondents said their employers do not offer flexible working arrangements.The research also found, if offered flexible working ...
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Employees plan time off for the Olympics
EXCLUSIVE: More than one-third (36%) of respondents plan to take holiday to attend the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to a poll by employee assistance programme (EAP) provider ComPsych.The London Olympics poll, which had 200 respondents, also found that 32% would work remotely and 20% would call in ...
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National Childcare Week highlights family perks
National Childcare Week 2012, from 2-9 July, gives employers an opportunity to highlight their childcare benefits and other work-life balance opportunities.Many childcare providers and industry bodies will host information events for employers. Edenred, for example, is focusing its roadshows and webinars on summer holiday survival, with tips for the summer ...
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24% of respondents to implement flexible working during Olympics
Less than a quarter (24%) of respondents said their organisation will implement a flexible working policy for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to research commissioned by networking and virtualisation technology firm Citrix Systems.The YouGov survey, which polled more than 500 senior decision-makers at small and medium-sized enterprises ...
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A third of respondents offer family-friendly policies
A third (67%) of employers offer family-friendly policies to staff, but only one in five working fathers take advantage of these, according to research by BT and the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI).The research, which surveyed 1,500 working fathers across the UK, also found that 49% of respondents ...
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Karen Thomson: Would more flexible parental leave end reward inequality?
Although many of the government’s proposals are geared towards ending inequality in the workplace, theory versus practice is another matter. The measures assume fathers will want to take more responsibility in caring for their offspring and, with improved legislation to help them, it assumes fathers will actually take leave and ...
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Employers should contribute more to the cost of childcare
Nearly half (47%) of respondents said employers should contribute more to the cost of childcare, according to research by Mumsnet.Its Childcare costs survey also found that 77% of respondents do not think the government does enough to support working parents with the cost of childcare.The research also found:38% of respondents ...
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Workplace Options offers free carer’s pack during Carer’s Week
Workplace Options will provide a free carer’s pack to the employers it work with during Carer’s Week, which runs from 18-24 June.The pack is designed to help employees look after their wellbeing, as well as learn how to effectively balance their working lives with their caring responsibilities.It includes information and ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Workplace Options launches work-life balance programme
Workplace Options, in partnership with childcare provider Bright Horizons and charity the National Childbirth Trust (NCT), has introduced a work-life balance programme.The programme, Working Family Advantage, helps employers create a family-friendly culture in the workplace.It includes:One-to-one coaching sessions to help parents and carers find a work-life balance.Group training and development ...
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Buyer's guide to childcare vouchers 2012
Focus on factsWhat are childcare vouchers?These are a government-backed scheme to help working parents afford quality childcare. Depending on their income, parents can take up to £243 a month in childcare vouchers from their employer, free of tax and national insurance (NI) contributions. Vouchers can be used for a wide ...
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Majority of men still not taking parental leave entitlement
The number of men taking statutory paternity leave has increased by 14% over the last year, but this is still a small fraction of those entitled to it, according to research by international law firm Pinsent Masons.The research found that, despite the fact that the number of employees claiming statutory ...
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The Queen’s Speech: Parental leave to become more flexible
The government will bring in legislation to enable new parents to share parental leave.Under measures proposed in the Children and Families Bill, parental leave would become more flexible to enable parents to share parenting responsibilities and balance work and family commitments.Prime minister David Cameron and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg ...
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Vauxhall signs four-year pay deal and flexible working arrangement
Vauxhall has signed a four-year labour agreement for the 2,200 employees at its Ellesmere Port manufacturing plant in Chesire.The agreement includes a wage arrangement, which runs from 2013 to 2017. For the first two years of the arrangement, there will see a pay freeze, while the latter two years will ...
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My Family Care launches dedicated childcare and carer website
My Family Care has launched a dedicated back-up childcare and carer services website to help employers provide their working parents and carers with alternative arrangements during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.The Work and Family Space, which was introduced in April, joins up the provider’s services, such as emergency ...
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Mitie Group and Ernst & Young among top employers for women
Ernst and Young and Mitie Group are among the employers to receive a place in The Times’ top 50 employers for women list.The list is compiled in partnership with Opportunity Now, the gender equality campaign by Business in the Community. It celebrates organisations that are committed to promoting diversity and ...