All Benefits for carers articles – Page 80
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CBI and Hays research: Employers are tuned into flexible working
Reward packages of the future will increasingly reflect the needs of employees, according to research conducted by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Hays.Employers are thinking more flexibly about reward but perks will be driven by employee demand more and more.The report Thinking positive: the 21st century employment relationship, ...
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Buyer's guide to childcare vouchers 2011
Focus on factsWhat are childcare vouchers?These are a government-backed scheme to help working parents to afford quality childcare. Depending on their income, parents can take up to £243 a month of childcare vouchers from their employer, free of tax and national insurance contributions. Vouchers can be used for a wide ...
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Computershare Voucher Services research: Working parents unaware of all the uses of childcare vouchers
Just over half (56%) of working parents are unaware that childcare vouchers can be used to help with the cost of summer childcare including holiday sports courses and adventure camps, according to research by Computershare Voucher Services (CVS).The research, which surveyed more than 1,000 working parents, showed that only 1% ...
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Ernst and Young launches maternity coaching scheme for staff
Ernst and Young has launched a maternity coaching scheme for its staff.The scheme, which has been taken up by over 240 employees, is part of the firm’s commitment to retain talented women and invest in their career development.Participants in the scheme receive four tailored coaching sessions, which take place before, ...
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Linda Holbeche: Would more flexible parental leave end reward inequality?
?In its Modern Workplaces consultation, the government is championing a radical new system of parental leave in which the existing 18 weeks’ maternity leave and pay will be protected, as will the current two weeks of paternity leave and pay. The remainder of maternity leave “should be reclassified as parental ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...