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Consultation on Incentives to Boost Employer-Supported Childcare
New improved tax and NICs incentives will enable employers to play their part in meeting the childcare needs of all their employees, according to Paymaster General Dawn Primarolo. Launching the consultation document, Dawn Primarolo said: The key proposals in the consultation paper are: - expanding the workplace nurseries tax exemption to include all forms of registered childcare, including ap...
News | 25 Feb 2003
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Workplace Childcare Facilities on the Agenda
The TUC is claiming that mothers are not returning to work because of a general lack of childcare provisions in the workplace. The organisation is calling for childcare facilities to be on the Government's agenda, and is asking Regional Development Agencies to support employers trying to provide such services. Currently, only about 5% of workplaces have a nursery on site.
News | 20 Aug 2002
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Uncertainty over childcare vouchers – should employers withdraw?
© Workplace Law Group 2009 All rights reserved Uncertainty over childcare vouchers should employers withdraw? Uncertainty over childcare vouchers should employers withdraw? News that the Daycare Trust has called on the Government to intervene to prevent a potential end to the provision of childcare vouchers to working parents has left many employers uncertain abou...
News analysis | 5 Jun 2009
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Changes to maternity law: Will childcare vouchers be sacrificed?
© Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Changes to maternity law: Will childcare vouchers be sacrificed? Changes to maternity law: Will childcare vouchers be sacrificed? Most employers are up to speed with the changes in the maternity and parental leave regulations for babies due on or after 5 October 2008; however as the date draws closer, employers may be having second thoug...
News analysis | 3 Oct 2008
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Pre-Budget Report 2004: roundup of childcare announcements
One million extra childcare places will be made available by 2010 under plans unveiled in the Chancellor’s 2 December 2004 Pre-Budget Report. This will be done by boosting the UK's network of children's centres and getting schools to open from 8am to 6pm, at a cost of £600m by 2007/08. Gordon Brown also increased paid m...
News | 17 Dec 2004
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Agency Workers Regulations 2010
...r in the same way as such benefits are provided to a comparable permanent member of staff. From 2012, workplace pension savings with an employer contribution scheme will be caught by the Regulations. The Regulations provide for equal access to the hirer's facilities, which will include any canteen, childcare provision, transport services or training. The latter will increase the overheads to be borne by hirers. Some benefits are excluded, and these include access to occupational pension schemes, long-term incentive plans, occupational sick pay, contractual notice pay, redundancy pay, company cars or he...
News analysis | 14 Sep 2010
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Top employers for working families list announced
As part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, work–life balance charity, Working Families, has launched an inaugural list of the best family-friendly employers from the last three decades. Winners have shown leadership in one or more of the following areas: flexible working;childcare provision;maternity and/or paternity policy; andhelp with elder care responsibilities. Sarah Jackson, Chief Executive of Working Families, said: “The number and calibre of nominations we have had has clearly demonstrated the significance of this list and the importance of family-friendly e...
News | 2 Jun 2009
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Equality Bill: key elements and timescale
Ernie both payments could have been avoided if the MoD had; a) taken steps to assist in getting childcare provision for the single mother. An option which was requested and was refused despite previous EAT rulings that this was reasonable. b) that the neanderthal who harrased the lesbian soldier had been disciplined and that her complaint had been treated seriously. Seemples.
Comment | 14 Apr 2010
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Budget 2000 Summary
...ce going up to a maximum of 35%, depending on the emission levels. The additional discount for cars over four years old will also cease to exist. Where free fuel is provided to company car drivers, the scale charges have been significantly increased for 2000/2001. Workplace Nurseries All childcare provisions in the workplace are to remain free of National Insurance Contributions to encourage employers to provide more childcare facilities. The provision includes employers who contract for places in commercial nurseries, as well as for childminder services and on-site nurseries or childcare vouchers....
News | 30 Apr 2001
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Encouragement for workplace nurseries
All childcare provisions in the workplace are to remain free of National Insurance Contributions to encourage employers to provide more childcare facilities. The provision includes employers who contract for places in commercial nurseries, as well as for childminder services and on-site nurseries or childcare vouchers. Org...
News | 22 Mar 2000
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Agency Workers Regulations 2010
...his is the only area of the Regulations where failure to follow the Regulations can be justified. Liability for failure to provide this access will be solely on the hirer, as the agency has no role in providing these rights. Collective facilities include: canteen or other similar facilities; childcare facilities; and transport services. After completion of the 12-week qualifying period an agency worker is also entitled to ‘the same basic working and employment conditions as they would have been entitled to for doing the same job had they been recruited by the hirer other than by using th...
Regulation | 1 Oct 2011
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Flexible benefits are rising, say third of employees
...from their spending so the requirement to source the most cost effective benefits, whilst ensuring the provision of optimum reward for their staff, is vital." Of those benefits offered by employers, the most popular at 77% is pensions contributions, followed closely with 73% of employers receiving childcare vouchers on top of their salary. The next two most popular flexible benefits are healthcare (50%) and payroll giving (49%) which the CIPP is pleased with being such a strong advocate of payroll giving schemes. Diana added: “The survey results show that employees feel that benefits are an im...
News | 16 Jan 2012
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Private sector businesses ‘hidden strike victims’
...ff to take time off to care for their children. “The right to unpaid time off to care for dependants is designed to help parents cope with short-term unplanned events, such as school closures. Employers with workforces dominated by parents or carers should discuss with staff whether they foresee childcare problems. Some employees may prefer to use their annual holiday entitlement so that the time off is paid.” She added: “Employers must be aware that even if they draw their employees' attention to the possibility of school closures and ask them to make alternative childcare arrangements, they w...
News | 29 Nov 2011
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Qantas of solace – Fair Work Australia provides strike relief
...ker `day of action' on 30 November, if such a power was available in the UK, the Government would undoubtedly seek to use it to at least stop certain professions striking. The teachers' strike will inevitably damage the economy, as millions of parents will be forced to take time off work or pay for childcare. The nurses' strike is likely to impact on public safety as, or so people felt at the time, did the fire brigade strikes of 2002 to 2003. It is therefore quite likely that David Cameron would have turned green with envy as he read news of the FWA decision. Ultimately, unless persuasive arguments ar...
News analysis | 14 Nov 2011
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A new age?
... the Regulations where failure to follow the Regulations can be justified. Liability for failure to provide this access will be solely on the hirer, as the agency has no role in providing these rights. The Regulations state that collective facilities include: · canteenorother similarfacilities; · childcarefacilities;and · transportservices. Thislistisnon-exhaustiveand further examples are provided in the guidance as follows: · Workplacecrèche; · Transportservicesto include local pick up and drop offs, transport between sites but not company car allowances orseasonticketloans; · Toiletorshower...
Magazine issue | 5 Sep 2011
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Call to assess managers on work–life balance
... effectiveness in helping employees achieve a good work–life balance, according to new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science. The study, by Alexandra Beauregard of LSE's Department of Management, found that even if options such as flexible working hours and help with childcare are available to employees, this does little to reduce stress unless there is positive endorsement from managers. Dr Beauregard, whose research is about to be published in the latest edition of the British Journal of Management, explains: "I found a strong link between work–home interference an...
News | 7 Jun 2011
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New paternity leave rights confirmed for 2011
...amilies radically more choice and flexibility in how they balance work and care of children, and enables fathers to play a bigger part in bringing up their children. “We’ve doubled maternity leave; doubled maternity pay; introduced paternity leave; more than doubled good quality affordable childcare places; and introduced the right to request flexible working. “This is a further family friendly policy.” The Government has tabled the Regulations for Parliament to consider as soon as possible. They will need to be debated and approved by each House before they can be implemented. Su...
News | 29 Jan 2010
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The Diversity Dilemma
...or after 5 October 2009. When the adoption is from overseas the crucial date is the date of the entry of the child to the UK. Examples of changes that would be affected by the new rules are annual leave and bank holidays, the payment of essential car user allowance, the provision of a lease car and childcare vouchers. These will continue to apply during both additional maternity and adoption leave periods. The idea behind these new modified rules is to ensure that an employee must return from maternity or adoption leave with the same level of seniority, pension rights and similar rights as they would ...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009
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October 2009 employment legislation
...or after 5 October 2009. When the adoption is from overseas the crucial date is the date of the entry of the child to the UK. Examples of changes that would be affected by the new rules are annual leave and bank holidays, the payment of essential car user allowance, the provision of a lease car and childcare vouchers. These will continue to apply during both additional maternity and adoption leave periods. The idea behind these new modified rules is to ensure that an employee must return from maternity or adoption leave with the same level of seniority, pension rights and similar rights as they would h...
News analysis | 28 Sep 2009
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Quarter of a million civil and public servants to strike
...ngs, with an option to pay additional voluntary increases. But to send 3/4 of a million public sector workers on strike helps no one, it only burdens the general public further and creates resentment. Just from the NUT action how many parents will that inconvenience who have to make alternative childcare arrangements? But it won't affect the public sector parents will it because they'll all be off work anyway - very divisive, and tantamount to blackmail. And Sheila, I have every respect for teachers having considered going into that profession myself, so i'll stand your corner and say the 14 wee...
Comment | 22 Jun 2011
