All Benefits for carers articles – Page 77
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Working Families Awards' shortlist announced
American Express, BT and the Royal Bank of Scotland are among the employers shortlisted for the 2012 Top Employers for Working Families Awards.The awards, which will be presented on 25 September, recognise organisations across the UK that support work-life balance and career development for working parents, carers and flexible workers.The ...
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Vebnet to offer benefit for carers
EXCLUSIVE: Vebnet will add Allianz Global Assistance’s family homecare plan into its benefits offering for employers.The product, which will be available from 1 October, ensures employees will be looked after and assisted should they experience an accident or sudden illness. Partners and parents can also be added to the cover.It ...
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Standard Chartered enhances flexible working for global staff
EXCLUSIVE: Standard Chartered Bank has introduced a range of flexible working opportunities for staff in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the UK and the US.The roll-out of the new benefits have taken place over the last six months across ten of the bank’s 70 markets to make its offering globally ...
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Ernst and Young extends coaching for mums
EXCLUSIVE: Ernst and Young has rolled out its maternity coaching webinars to employees in Austria, Belgium, France and the Netherlands.The firm launched the webinars for its UK employees in February 2011.The webinars cover all stages of pre, during and post-maternity, and help staff manage the transition in and out of ...
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Simon Moffatt: Would more flexible parental leave end reward inequality?
The government’s Modern Workplaces consultation on plans to introduce a new system of flexible parental leave from 2015, enabling both parents to share some of the statutory time out, will provide a more flexible foundation for both parents to share childcare duties while maintaining their careers and earning power.It also ...
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Enterprise to expand flexible working
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is to expand its home-working programme after experiencing positive results during a pilot.The car hire company launched the pilot to establish whether home working was a viable approach to growing its call centre, based in Aldershot.During the pilot, call centre employees from its Enterprise Business Support (EBS) facility ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...