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.
The number of working parents in the UK is on the rise. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that...
Snow, ice and extreme temperatures continue to plunge the UK into chaos, meaning that HR and employers have more people-related...
Never mind the recession or the damage to the planet; according to the European Parliament it’s all about the falling...
Sometimes it’s easy to think of private medical insurance as a perk offered to your most senior staff. It can...
Forty-four outstanding UK organisations have been shortlisted across 9 categories in the 2010 Top Employers for Working Families Awards.The awards, organised...
Organisations are being given an extra two weeks to register and enter the Top Employers for Working Families Awards. The new...
The parties have now unveiled their election manifestos. Here Personnel Today outlines how their different policies will affect employers. Flexible...
One of Europe’s leading business support organisations is urging business owners to consider introducing flexible working in a bid to...
The government will scrap tax and national insurance contribution exemptions for childcare vouchers provided by an employer, instead offering free...
Now in its ninth year, the Top 40 Power Players aims to recognise HR’s most prominent and influential professionals; those...
The launch of MyWorkOffers by Accor Services has opened the door for SMEs to source cost effective and creative ways to...
The New Ventures arm of business services company Grass Roots has launched a child healthcare policy in partnership with Sure Insurance...
Arla Foods, the UK’s leading dairy company and home of premier brands Lurpak, Anchor and Cravendale, has seen an impressive...
Asperity Employee Benefits will have its busiest month ever for launches of its Reward Gateway employee discounts schemes. With an eye...
Upscale hotel group Principal Hayley, whose properties include The Met in Leeds, The George in Edinburgh, The Royal York Hotel in...
