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.
Parents plan to increase their working hours as they become eligible for free childcare hours, but many struggle to access places.
Only one in three councils in England have enough childcare places for full-time workers, a charity's survey finds.
A report from international development organisation the World Bank that exposes a ‘massive’ gender gap across the global workforce.
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One in five parents with a child under five has had to withdraw money from their pension to cover the cost of childcare.
Two in five working parents are looking to switch jobs in 2024, according to the latest Modern Families Index.
Department for Education launches recruitment drive and trials £1,000 ‘golden hello’ to attract workers into early years education.
Thousands of parents are struggling to access the codes they need to obtain 15 hours of free childcare.
A childcare workforce plan is required to meet demand when more free places are rolled out, a report has claimed.
The Parental Fog Index 2023 Cross-Industry report, which analyses developments in businesses’ parental policies, also found that fewer employers publish basic details of paternity leave and pay than maternity.
Parents of nursery and primary school-age children are facing additional childcare costs of almost £200 per week, as employers demand extra days in the office post-pandemic.
A union body has urged the government to devise a social care and childcare workforce strategy to improve pay, conditions and progression.
Nearly two in five UK mothers are unable to return to work because of the cost of childcare.
