All Benefits for carers articles – Page 75
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Government launches consultation into new system of flexible parental leave
The government has launched its Modern Workplaces consultation on plans to introduce a new system of flexible parental leave from 2015.Under the proposals, once the early weeks of maternity and paternity leave have ended, parents will be able to share the overall leave allowance between them.Unlike the current system, this ...
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Cadence Market Strategy research: Employees value flexible working
Almost half of employees cite flexible working as their top choice to improve health and wellbeing, according to research conducted by Cadence Market Strategy.Out the 1,087 employees that responded to its annual Health and Wellbeing Survey, 42% said that flexible working was their favourite benefit.Dan Doherty, a spokesperson for Cadence ...
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Berwin Leighton Paisner switches childcare voucher providers and communicates tax changes
Commercial law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has switched its childcare voucher provider and communicated the tax changes that came in on 6 April to its 1,200 UK staff.Despite offering childcare vouchers for many years, BLP switched providers to KiddiVouchers at the beginning of March to ease the administrative burden, ...
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WFD Consulting research: Work-life balance is not a gender issue
When it comes to work and family, men and women are more alike than different according to a study from WFD Consulting and WorldatWork’s Alliance for Work-Life Progress (AWLP).The Global Study on Men and Work-Life Integration surveyed more than 2,300 men and women in international organisations with 500 or more ...
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News analysis: Employers come to grips with paternity legislation
Employers are having to come to grips with new legislation governing paternity leave and paternity pay entitlement, says Jennifer PatersonAdditional paternity leave (APL) and additional statutory paternity pay (ASPP), which came into effect on 3 April under the Work and Families Act 2006, gave all working fathers or partners whose ...
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Circus advertises for pickled person
While many job adverts may feature slightly unusual requirements, the need for an applicant to fit into a two foot by 16.5 inches bottle puts a whole new spin on the term flexible working.†The Circus of Horrors advertised the position of a contortionist, who could fit into its pickled person ...
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P&MM acquires Allsave and My Family Care Vouchers
P&MM has acquired childcare voucher providers Allsave and My Family Care Vouchers.The directors of the two organisations, Jacquie Mills and Catherine Maddox, will continue to manage the businesses, which will remain as separate brands within the employee benefits division of P&MM.David Lebond, executive director for P&MM’s parent organisation Motivcom and ...
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Working Families research: Fathers with access to flexible working are more committed to employer
Fathers with access to flexible working in the private sector have better physical and psychological health, are less stressed and more committed to their employer.According to the Working for fathers report by Working Families and Lancaster University Management School fathers working flexibly in the public sector are less troubled by ...
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KPMG upgrades parental leave and pay provisions
KPMG has revamped the parental leave and pay provisions for its 11,000 UK employees.Its maternity provision, previously structured in four tiers based on length of service, has been changed so any employee who has over 26 weeks’ service at the relevant date will receive full pay for the first 18 ...
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KiddiVouchers renamed Wider Plan
KiddiVouchers has been renamed Wider Plan following its plans to expand to provide a wider range of benefits, including an employee discount scheme, .The organisation will continue to provide childcare vouchers under the brand name KiddiVouchers, but its discount scheme will incorporate discounts from high-street and online retail, travel and ...
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Mitie Group recognised for family-friendly policies
Mitie Group has been named one of the The Times Top 50 employers for women.The strategic outsourcing firm has introduced a series of initiatives to improve its culture for female employees in recent years, including childcare vouchers; flexible working hours and a flexi-leave system; home working and a compressed working ...
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Executive Offices Group research: Flexible working enhances productivity
The majority (87%) of respondents to the Executive Offices Group’s (EOG) Customer Service Survey said the greatest benefit for an employer offering flexible working is an increase in the efficiency and output of staff.Respondents to the survey, which included entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from the financial services, ...
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Government to delay extension to the right to request flexible working
The government has announced it will delay regulations extending the right to request flexible working to parents of 17 year olds for all businesses, which were scheduled to be introduced on 6 April.Working parents currently have the right to request flexible working if they have a child aged 16 and ...
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Office of Tax Simplification recommends retention of tax relief on childcare, bikes and green cars, but not on EAPs
The independent Office of Tax Simplification has presented its ‘Review of tax reliefs’ report to the Chancellor.After an interim report was published in December 2010, the Office of Tax Simplification received comments and feedback from taxpayers, advisers, HM Revenue and Customs, HM Treasury. and other interested bodies. The new report ...
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Childcare Voucher Providers Association launched
The Childcare Voucher Providers Association (CVPA) has been launched as the industry body to represent employer-supported childcare providers and to promote best practice within the sector.The CVPA has set out a code of practice for its members, with particular emphasis on the required standards to ensure the secure delivery of ...
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Asda and Panasonic staff warned on childcare vouchers tax relief
Asda and Panasonic have communicated next month’s changes to childcare vouchers tax relief to staff.From 6 April 2011, only basic-rate taxpayers will receive full tax and national insurance (NI) relief on up to £55 a week. Tax relief will be restricted to £28 for 40% and £22 for 50% taxpayers, ...
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Working Families research: Employers prepared for additional paternity leave
More than half (60%) of employers have already updated their policies to reflect the introduction of additional paternity leave (APL) and additional statutory paternity pay (ASPP), according to a survey carried out by Working Families.The APL Survey, which polled 250 employers, aimed to determine UK organisations’ readiness for the changes ...
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Budget 2011: Tax relief restriction on employer-supported childcare confirmed
As announced in the Finance Bill in December 2010, the government will introduce a restriction on the level of tax relief available to high-rate and additional-rate taxpayers who receive employer-supported childcare.From April 2011, the weekly amount that parents joining an employer-supported childcare scheme will be able to claim exempt from ...
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School closures insurance launched for working parents
Towergate Insurance has launched School Closures Insurance to protect working parents from loss of earnings and additional childcare costs.More and more employers have introduced adverse weather policies which can mean staff lose pay for taking days off to look after their children as a result of bad weather.The insurance policy, ...
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PWC extends childcare voucher incentives to fathers
Accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) is to extend its provision of childcare vouchers to fathers who return to work after exercising their new legal right to take more than 12 weeks of paternity leave.The firm already offers mothers returning from maternity leave an extra 20% of their base pay in childcare ...