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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 manifesto 2017: what employers need to know

    by Rob Moss 17 May 2017
    by Rob Moss 17 May 2017

    The Labour Party’s official manifesto has been released today and includes some of the most radical changes to employment legislation...

    • Benefits
    • Childcare
    • Family-friendly benefits

    How Tax-free Childcare works and its impact on employers

    by James Malia 9 May 2017
    by James Malia 9 May 2017

    Tax-free Childcare is the latest initiative from Government to support working parents, but it could see some worse off than...

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • Childcare
    • Apprenticeships

    Top 10 HR questions March 2017: Tax-free childcare and the apprenticeship levy

    by Personnel Today 4 Apr 2017
    by Personnel Today 4 Apr 2017

    The Tax-free Childcare scheme is due to be phased in from 28 April 2017, with employers’ childcare voucher schemes being...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Childcare
    • Enhanced pay

    The 10 most important employment law cases in 2016

    by Stephen Simpson 30 Nov 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 30 Nov 2016

    What were the most significant employment case law decisions in 2016? Stephen Simpson counts down the 10 most important judgments...

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    • Apprenticeships
    • Gender pay gap

    Top 10 HR questions September 2016: Tax-free Childcare

    by Personnel Today 4 Oct 2016
    by Personnel Today 4 Oct 2016

    Questions on Tax-free Childcare, the apprenticeship levy and gender pay gap reporting were the most popular FAQs on XpertHR in...

    • Childcare
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    • Local authorities

    Employment law changes: October 2016 and beyond

    by Bar Huberman 15 Sep 2016
    by Bar Huberman 15 Sep 2016

    The autumn months promise to be a busy period for HR practitioners as they get to grips with a host...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Childcare
    • Case law

    Five important employment law cases in 2016… and five more to come

    by Stephen Simpson 21 Jul 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 21 Jul 2016

    Your annual summer round-up of the most important employment law cases 2016 has seen so far, and those still to come…

    • Age discrimination
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    • Japan

    Employment law in Japan: 10 surprising facts

    by Sarah Anderson 14 Mar 2016
    by Sarah Anderson 14 Mar 2016

    The traditional Japanese idea of “lifetime employment”, with a full-time employee working for the same employer until retirement, has been...

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    • Case law
    • Maternity

    Suspending childcare vouchers during maternity leave is lawful

    by Personnel Today 10 Mar 2016
    by Personnel Today 10 Mar 2016

    Employers do not have to provide childcare vouchers during maternity leave when offered through salary sacrifice, the Employment Appeal Tribunal...

    • Case law
    • Childcare
    • Maternity

    Suspending childcare vouchers during maternity leave – EAT appeal

    by Stephen Simpson 26 Jan 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 26 Jan 2016

    Is an employer obliged to continue to provide childcare vouchers during maternity leave? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) last week...

    • Childcare
    • Health and safety
    • Fixed-term contracts

    Top 10 HR questions June 2015: Maximum workplace temperatures

    by Personnel Today 2 Jul 2015
    by Personnel Today 2 Jul 2015

    As temperatures rise, employers have been checking their duties to employees in hot weather. The most popular FAQ on XpertHR...

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    Women on maternity leave must keep childcare voucher benefits

    by Stephen Simpson 29 Jun 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 29 Jun 2015

    It is discriminatory to make employees leave a childcare voucher scheme while on maternity leave, according to an employment tribunal....

    • Childcare
    • Fit for Work
    • Shared parental leave

    Top 10 HR questions in May 2015: Employee driving licence checks

    by Personnel Today 4 Jun 2015
    by Personnel Today 4 Jun 2015

    A new service from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), to be launched on 8 June 2015, has meant...

    • Nursery provision
    • Childcare

    Government accelerates free childcare plans

    by Adeola Adeyemo 1 Jun 2015
    by Adeola Adeyemo 1 Jun 2015

    David Cameron announced today that the Government will bring forward its plan to double free childcare for working parents.
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    • Childcare
    • Apprenticeships
    • Pay & benefits

    Budget 2014: Employers to lose out from changes to help with childcare costs

    by Rob Moss 19 Mar 2014
    by Rob Moss 19 Mar 2014

    Changes to childcare support confirmed in today's Budget could spell the end of the most popular employer-supported employee benefit...

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