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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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    Labour Party Conference: Childcare vouchers to lose tax relief

    by Louisa Peacock 29 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 29 Sep 2009

    The government will scrap tax and national insurance contribution exemptions for childcare vouchers provided by an employer, instead offering free...

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    MyWorkOffers opens the employee benefits market to SMEs

    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2009
    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2009

    The launch of MyWorkOffers by Accor Services has opened the door for SMEs to source cost effective and creative ways to...

    • Childcare
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    Grass Roots appeals to working parents with launch of Child Health Policy

    by Personnel Today 15 Sep 2009
    by Personnel Today 15 Sep 2009

    The New Ventures arm of business services company Grass Roots has launched a child healthcare policy in partnership with Sure Insurance...

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    Staff benefits and allowances 2009: childcare vouchers top the list

    by Nadia Williams 1 Sep 2009
    by Nadia Williams 1 Sep 2009

    Childcare vouchers are the most commonly offered benefit by employers, according to research from Personnel Today‘s paid-for sister service XpertHR.The...

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    Almost one in four bosses would cut all benefits

    by John Charlton 13 Jul 2009
    by John Charlton 13 Jul 2009

    When asked which staff benefit they would like to remove if they could, almost a quarter of company directors opted...

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    • Salary Sacrifice

    Childcare vouchers and salary sacrifice during maternity leave: The true cost of childcare vouchers

    by John Charlton 9 Jul 2009
    by John Charlton 9 Jul 2009

    Employers are facing up to far higher childcare voucher costs than they anticipated, but lack of government clarification means confusion...

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    • Salary Sacrifice

    Salary sacrifice and childcare benefits: legal Q&A

    by John Charlton 9 Jul 2009
    by John Charlton 9 Jul 2009

    Employers remain confused about whether they are required pick up the bill for childcare voucher schemes when their employees go...

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    • Pay & benefits

    Childcare vouchers: High price to pay

    by John Charlton 6 Jul 2009
    by John Charlton 6 Jul 2009

    Employers are facing up to far higher childcare voucher costs than they anticipated - but just where do they stand on this contentious issue? John Charlton reports.

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    Employers concerned about childcare voucher costs

    by John Charlton 3 Jul 2009
    by John Charlton 3 Jul 2009

    Employers are getting cold feet about providing childcare vouchers for all 52 weeks of maternity leave, according to the British...

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    • Maternity

    Maternity rules: doing it your way

    by Personnel Today 12 Jun 2009
    by Personnel Today 12 Jun 2009

    Steve Herbert, head of benefits strategy at Origen, looks at one of the potential problems for HR professionals raised by...

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    • Pay & benefits

    Childcare vouchers and maternity leave

    by Personnel Today 10 Jun 2009
    by Personnel Today 10 Jun 2009

    The Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations were amended in 2008 to comply with a European ruling in a case brought...

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    You at Work partners with Barclays

    by Tara Craig 28 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 28 Apr 2009

    Integrated employee benefits and childcare voucher provider You at Work has partnered with Barclays Commercial Bank.The distribution deal will give...

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    Busy Bees upgrades its technology

    by Tara Craig 28 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 28 Apr 2009

    Childcare voucher provider Busy Bees is to embark on a major technology investment programme. Busy Bees Childcare Vouchers, which manages...

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    Care vouchers most popular benefit with comp and bens managers

    by John Charlton 28 Apr 2009
    by John Charlton 28 Apr 2009

    Almost two-thirds of those responsible for benefits and rewards provision polled in an exclusive survey for Reward & Benefits Today...

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    Typical full-time nursery care costs £7,400 a year

    by Personnel Today 8 Feb 2006
    by Personnel Today 8 Feb 2006

    The cost of sending a child to a nursery in the UK has risen by more than 25% in five years, according to a survey by national childcare charity Daycare Trust.

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