Top Employers for Working Families: Royal Bank of Scotland

Royal Bank of Scotland believes a diverse workforce is key to the success of its business. One way this is reflected is in the creation and development of policies that help more women succeed in the...

Santander to offer range of benefits tailored to the needs of parents in its workforce

Santander has launched a new range of benefits tailored to the needs of working parents across its 24,000 strong workforce.

EU proposes 20-week full maternity pay for new mothers

THE EU parliament has voted in favour of a number of measures designed to strengthen maternity protection.

Conservative Conference: child benefit cuts raise doubts about commitment to make work family-friendly

After 13 long years out of power, many could have expected that this year's Conservative conference was going to be a victory celebration. However, the attitude of Conservative delegates in...

Many parents feel it may be more cost-effective not to work rather than pay for childcare

More than one in three parents have considered giving up work because they feel unable to cope with childcare costs.

Working parents forced to depend on family members for childcare as costs soar

Just under half of working parents depend upon their own mums and dads to help out with childcare.

Family-friendly working practices can cause resentment among child-free team members

How many businesses have looked at the divergence between their family-friendly policies and practices and the reality of their culture? Even the best benefits package does not guarantee an equally...

Employers need to reconsider their definition of childcare vouchers

There is a common misconception when it comes to childcare vouchers that this popular employee benefit is restricted only to babies and nurseries. Yet whilst childcare vouchers continue to provide...

McGraw-Hill to pay for emergency childcare for working parents on its staff

McGraw-Hill has launched a back-up childcare service to give its 1,500 employees, based in Canary Wharf, access to emergency childcare in a bid to help staff with their work-life balance.

Employers agree childcare vouchers must be simplified

If there was one HR lesson the prime minister learned last year, it was this: mess with working parents at your peril. When he threatened to scrap existing tax relief on employer-provided childcare,...

An increase in tax exemptions for childcare vouchers could help employers retain talented staff.

The cost of having kids (an eye-watering 201,000 up to the age of 21, according to LV=) just keeps on rising - and not because Pampers are getting any more expensive; it's because the price of...

Working carers have to look after friends and relations as well as children

Male and female workers are just as likely to have caring responsibilities for a partner, relative or friend than they are for children, according to the CIPD.