There are statutory requirements covering pay and leave associated with maternity, paternity and adoption, but many employers provide benefits in excess of the statutory requirements.
One of the most common family-friendly benefits is the provision of childcare vouchers. However, the Government has announced that these will be replaced with a childcare allowance from 2017.
Labour leader Keir Starmer has revealed he stops working at six o'clock on Fridays to spend time with family.
Bank of Ireland HR director Eimear Harty details the inclusive strategy behind last year's double Personnel Today Awards win.
Firefighters and fire control employees receive maternity pay improvements and increases to basic and on-call pay.
Google has announced a range of enhanced family-friendly and fertility benefits for its UK workforce.
HR and recruitment is the best sector for flexibility, with eight in 10 companies offering remote-first or fully-remote jobs, study finds.
We look at the winners and runners-up of the Personnel Today Awards 2023 Family Friendly Employer of the Year category.
Less than one in three working mothers have access to the flexible working arrangement they need, research has found.
Tesco has introduced 26 weeks' paid kinship leave for employees granted Special Guardianship Orders, among other family-friendly policies.
Law firms, banks, building societies, universities and public bodies are among the top family-friendly employers for 2023.
Currys has announced a series of new benefits to support equality, diversity and inclusion, including additional paid gender reassignment leave.
A host of major UK employers have signed up to an initiative to support their staff going through divorce.
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Fewer employers are promoting support for working parents new research has found, revealing a trend that could be damaging for the career prospects of many women.Â
Four out five employers do not offer any support to new parents around breastfeeding and other infant feeding issues.
Nursery chain Bright Horizons has just announced a £10m investment in recruitment, retention and training. HR director Janine Leightley tells Personnel Today why this is important.
Childcare costs can be more than a third of wages for around one in three preschool parents
