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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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.

A committee of the European Parliament has passed draft legislation to extend maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay across Europe.

Childcare costs in England are continuing to rise at twice the rate of inflation, forcing some working parents to fork out more than 22,000 every year.