All Benefits for carers articles – Page 79
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Busy Bees Childcare Vouchers set for branding change
Busy Bees Childcare Vouchers will be rebranded as Computershare Voucher Services as it is integrated into the Computershare Group.The rebranding process, which begins this month, will drive developments within the business in areas such as technological growth, the administration of childcare vouchers and increased use of the internet to give ...
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Centrica adds power to voluntary benefits schemes
Energy giant Centrica has enhanced its childcare voucher scheme and taken steps to promote its voluntary benefits plan.The company has added a range of discounts to its childcare voucher scheme, which is provided by Accor Services. These include discounts on clothes, groceries and toys, as well as discounted theme-park tickets ...
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Buyer's guide to childcare vouchers (July 2009)
A change in legislation is causing confusion over the provision of childcare vouchers, says Nicola SullivanThe very nature of childcare vouchers means they are often seen as a popular benefit to have around, particularly during a recession. As employers look to introduce low-cost perks to get better value for their ...
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Proposals to allow parents to share parental leave put on hold
The government has put its proposals for parents to share maternity and paternity leave on hold as it reviews the costs and benefits of introducing new regulations in the current economic conditions.The proposals, which were expected to be introduced this year, would allow mothers and fathers to share a year ...
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Bright Horizons acquires Teddies Nurseries from Bupa
Bright Horizons, provider of employer-sponsored childcare and early education, back-up care, and work-life solutions, has acquired Teddies Nurseries from Bupa.This creates the largest network of nurseries in the UK.The Bright Horizons network, now including Teddies Nurseries, comprises 147 nurseries in the UK and Ireland, which not only provides care to ...
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Proposed changes to parental leave
Proposed changes to parental leave could result in increased leave and pay for both mothers and fathersOn 30 March, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) unveiled radical proposals, in its Working Better report, to change parental leave .It proposes that parents should each get four months parental leave (mothers ...
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Accor adds new perks to voucher scheme
Accor Services has launched a package of discounts for staff using its childcare voucher scheme. The benefits include discounted shopping vouchers, regular special offers on items such as toys and games, discounted family days out, holidays, and special rates on selected childcare.The benefits are available at no cost to employers, ...
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Busy Bees Childcare Vouchers invests GBP3million in new technology
Busy Bees Childcare Vouchers is planning to enhance its customer experience through a major technology investment programme costing more than £3 million.The Staffordshire-based company, which manages childcare voucher schemes for more than 100,000 working parents via 14,000 organisations, has pledged to invest in a brand new operating system, telephony solution ...
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Equality and Human Rights Commission unveils radical proposals for parental leave
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has unveiled radical changes to parental leave to tackle the gender pay gap and give parents more support in bringing up their children.In its Working Better report launched on 30 March, the EHRC proposed that fathers and mothers be given four months of ...
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My Family Care extends range of childcare benefits
My Family Care has extended its range of childcare benefits to include cr¿che facilities, holiday clubs and onsite nurseries.This follows the provider's acquisition of Tinies UK in January, which brings 50 workplace childcare sites into its portfolio. My Family Care acquired clients including David Lloyd and GlaxoSmithKline in the deal ...
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Coca-Cola Enterprises switches childcare voucher provider
Coca-Cola Enterprises switches childcare voucher provider
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Case Studies
Case Study: Kellogg's feeds family focus
Kellogg's offers a number of family-friendly perks to its workforce.Ahead of last year's legal changes, Kellogg's carried out a review of its maternity policy.It already offered a generous package, with women on maternity leave receiving 18 weeks on full pay followed by 21 weeks on statutory maternity pay.Dave Lowe, compensation ...
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Providing benefits during maternity leave
Employers must quickly get to grips with the new maternity leave rights, says Victoria FurnessThe government's drive to be seen as more family-friendly in recent years - with the introduction of policies such as extended maternity leave - is having an unwanted effect: life has got more complicated for employers ...
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Security breach on Busy Bees' website
Busy Bees has apologised to clients after some of its customers' confidential data was left exposed to other users during an upgrade to its website.The childcare voucher provider said the data was exposed to other users overnight on 11 February but affected parts of the site were taken down the ...
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At last - Childcare Vouchers are as simple as child's play
It's hardly surprising that working parents prefer employers with Childcare Voucher schemes.Click here to find out what's in it for you and your employees.
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Childcare Vouchers - an employer's guide
Whether you are already offering Childcare Vouchers, or thinking about implementing a scheme, Click here for an employer's guide.
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Japanese employers urged to give employees more time to reproduce
Key employers in Japan are tackling the country's demographic crisis head on with new work life balance strategies aimed to encourage employees to have more sex and spend time with the family.The country's leading employers have reportedly established family weeks and are encouraging employees to actively participate in boosting the ...
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Extension to flexible working confirmed
The government has confirmed it will press ahead with plans to extend the right to request flexible working hours to 4.5 million extra people.However the Confederation of British Industry has expressed concern at the timing of the changes, which come into effect in April 2009.The extension allows all parents with ...
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CIPD slams the government for sending out the' wrong message' on flexible working
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has said suggestions the government it may back track on its plans extend the right to request flexible working to parents of older children "send out the wrong message" to employers.It believes announcements made by business secretary Peter Mandelson that the government ...
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Government to review planned changes to flexible working
Plans to extend flexible hours to working parents will be revisited due to the current economic crisis.Although no decision have been made as yet, the government said it wants to look again at the appropriateness of new regulations in light of financial changes.The planned changes due to come into force ...