A National Audit Office report has revealed that testing the free childcare hours rollout could have avoided some risks.
Benefits
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More than half of employees would like their company to invest in more sustainable benefits such as electric vehicles and sustainable pensions, a survey has revealed.
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About 40,000 extra staff are needed if the government is to fulfil its pledge to offer 30 free hours of childcare to all pre-school children by September next year.
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A four-day work week could risk widening existing inequalities between workers, a report commissioned for the Welsh Government has warned.Â
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Parents plan to increase their working hours as they become eligible for free childcare hours, but many struggle to access places.
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Two in five employees in the UK would take a pay cut if they were offered better benefits, according to a survey from MetLife UK.
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Only one in three councils in England have enough childcare places for full-time workers, a charity's survey finds.
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Despite a return to profit, for the second year running the John Lewis Partnership will not pay its staff a bonus.
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Local government minister Simon Hoare said he thought it was ‘hugely disappointing and arrogant‘ that a council was continuing its four-day week trial.
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Google has announced a range of enhanced family-friendly and fertility benefits for its UK workforce.
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The organisers of a successful four-day week trial are hoping employers will try '4ugust' for themselves this summer.
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A report from international development organisation the World Bank that exposes a ‘massive’ gender gap across the global workforce.
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What do HR experts and labour market observers make of this year's Spring Budget?
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed the Treasury will cut the main rate of National Insurance by a further 2 percentage points to 8%.
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Tesco pay rises by 9.1% as it reaches agreement with the Usdaw union to take the supermarket's hourly pay above the 2024 ‘real’ Living Wage.Â