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Childcare

Childcare benefits are among the most important that an employee can offer, to help employees with children to balance their work and family life.

Childcare vouchers are a popular employer-provided benefit, while some employers operate a workplace nursery.


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    Pre-paid debit cards – taking vouchers to another level?

    by Personnel Today 18 Feb 2010
    by Personnel Today 18 Feb 2010

    With a wider range of uses than the traditional voucher, pre-paid debit cards are expected to grow in popularity among...

    • Childcare

    Paper v plastic – what kind of vouchers would your staff prefer?

    by Personnel Today 18 Feb 2010
    by Personnel Today 18 Feb 2010

    The march of technology threatens to sweep paper-based vouchers aside. But would your employees be happy receiving their rewards in plastic form?

    • Childcare

    The advantages of using salary sacrifice for voucher schemes

    by Personnel Today 18 Feb 2010
    by Personnel Today 18 Feb 2010

    Vouchers do not have to be given out  just as rewards; some employers offer them through flexible benefits programmes.Offering gift...

    • Childcare

    Case Study: KiddiVouchers at the Coventry Building Society

    by Personnel Today 18 Feb 2010
    by Personnel Today 18 Feb 2010

    The Coventry Building Society was formed in 1884. With assets of more than £21 billion, it is the third largest...

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    Childcare costs soar by over 5% despite low inflation

    by Louisa Peacock 11 Feb 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 11 Feb 2010

    Parents are paying up to £22,100 a year for childcare, a survey has found.A study by the Daycare Trust, published...

    • Childcare
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    Childcare vouchers: Child’s play

    by Personnel Today 19 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 19 Jan 2010

    This is the first snapshot survey from the Personnel Today HR Opinion Panel, which provides an exclusive insight into the...

    • Childcare
    • Pay & benefits

    Childcare vouchers: Relief is more than a taxing matter

    by John Charlton 3 Dec 2009
    by John Charlton 3 Dec 2009

    Two months on from the shock announcement that tax relief on childcare vouchers would be phased out from 2011, what...

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    Childcare tax relief decision unlikely to be reversed by Tories and Lib Dems

    by John Charlton 2 Dec 2009
    by John Charlton 2 Dec 2009

    If the government does abolish tax relief on childcare vouchers, it is unlikely that the main opposition parties would bring...

    • Childcare
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    Government refuses to clarify possible U-turn over childcare vouchers

    by Louisa Peacock 16 Nov 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 16 Nov 2009

    The government is refusing to clarify whether it has ditched plans to scrap childcare voucher tax relief, urging employers to...

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    Gordon Brown under pressure to rethink plans to scrap tax breaks on childcare vouchers

    by Personnel Today 11 Nov 2009
    by Personnel Today 11 Nov 2009

    Gordon Brown faces mounting pressure to reverse his plans to scrap tax breaks on childcare vouchers, after nine former Cabinet...

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    Government to launch new cycle-to-work campaign

    by Louisa Peacock 28 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 28 Oct 2009

    EXCLUSIVETransport secretary Andrew Adonis will today call on employers to make it easier for staff to use cycle-to-work tax breaks...

    • Childcare
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    • Pay & benefits

    Childcare voucher providers campaign against plans to scrap tax exemptions

    by Kat Baker 16 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 16 Oct 2009

    Childcare voucher providers have joined forces to mount a campaign against government plans to scrap tax exemptions on the benefit.Gordon...

    • Childcare
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    Accor Services signs up with Action for Children

    by Personnel Today 13 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 13 Oct 2009

    As part of Accor Services’ 20th anniversary celebrations of its introduction of childcare vouchers to UK workplaces, they are delighted to...

    • Childcare
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    Labour Party Conference: Round-up of employment issue debates

    by Kat Baker 2 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 2 Oct 2009

    The Labour Party Conference this week saw employment issues take centre stage with new policies on tackling unemployment, pension reforms...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Scrapping childcare voucher tax relief will cause gender pay gap to widen warn HR chiefs

    by Kat Baker 1 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Oct 2009

    Government plans to scrap tax exemptions on childcare vouchers will set the equality agenda back and discourage women on maternity...

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