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.
Most of the reduction in the gender pay gap over the past 25 years is down to a sharp increase...
Parents are less productive when they feel ‘ashamed’ about childcare eating into their working day, according to a Durham University...
A British Airways cabin crew member who was denied the ability to work set days to assist with childcare has...
One in six parents has had to reduce their working hours because of difficulty accessing childcare.
According to the Early...
Single parents could be locked out of work due to the impact of the pandemic, according to the Gingerbread charity.
A new league table that re-ranks the FTSE 100 in terms of the employee benefits they offer, as rated by...
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been urged to investigate alleged equality failings in the government’s response to...
A new law will be passed that will for the first time extend maternity leave rights to senior government ministers.
Updated furlough guidance confirms scheme can be used where employees can't work because they are caring for children while schools are closed.
Zurich is offering two weeks’ fully-paid emergency ‘lockdown leave’ to parents and carers affected by school closures.
The Swiss insurance...
The government has defended its decision to keep nursery schools open during the national lockdown in England amid union concern...
The TUC says employers should offer furlough to parents affected by school closures and who lack childcare as a result.
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Approximately 2.6 million parents feel they have been treated less fairly at work because of their childcare responsibilities since the...
