An estimated £366 million in lost productivity.
Clocks going forward can lead to drop in productivity
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Time off to look after puppy best reward to boost productivity
Yoga came in at a close second.
BEIS, DfE and DWP could help access ‘untapped resource’ of single parents
One crucial barrier to single parents is the lack of flexible working.
Jennifer Liston-Smith: New Benchmark for Parental Leave Policies
The just-launched Benchmark report by Bright Horizons / My Family Care in partnership with HRreview provides employers with headlines on current policies.
Nicola Jagielski: How can employers address parental burnout?
Research claims that one in 12 parents are suffering burnout. Burnout is more commonly associated with work—but the stigma around the difficulty of raising children is lifting. Nicola Jagielski provides advice on how employers can help.
New parents don’t feel supported by their employer
To mark Parental Pay Day, new research from LinkedIn finds that a third of UK professionals believe their employer does not do enough to support new parents.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions acquires My Family Care
Bright Horizons, a global provider of child care, early education and employer solutions, announced its acquisition of My Family Care in the UK.
Tax-Free Childcare opens to all eligible families
This week, Tax-Free Childcare opens to all remaining eligible families: parents whose youngest child is under 12. The new scheme helps working parents with the cost of childcare.
Emoke Starr: Protecting employees and business through flexible working policies
Prezi’s Emoke Starr benefits from their bring-your-children-to-work policy.
Hardworking parents torpedoed by stubbornly high childcare costs
British parents now pay an eye-watering average of £116 per week for a part time nursery place- or over £6,000 every year, according to new research by the Family and Childcare Trust.
41% of employees want childcare vouchers, reveals Sodexo
Childcare Vouchers come second only to pensions when asking what employee benefits the UK’s workforce wants from employers
Working parents need more support from Government and employers
The CIPD has called for a step change from UK Government and employers as research finds that support for working parents still isn’t hitting the mark.
Cost of childcare a barrier to parents working
A new report published by the Family and Childcare Trust, alongside Parental Choice, has revealed for the first time that the high cost of childcare is preventing millions of parents from working, with industries who rely on shift work being particularly hit. Currently, over 4.4 million parents (34 percent of all parents with dependent children)…
Is Cameron’s Childcare Bill too good to be true?
David Cameron has brought forward plans for his election promise of double the amount of free childcare for working parents with children that are three and four years old.
Are you aware of the government’s new tax-free childcare scheme due to be launched in September this year?
We want to find out if you are prepared for the new scheme. Vote below and leave your comments below. Last week’s poll Friday was the International Day of Happiness and we want to know what makes you smile in the workplace. So far it appears that working environment is the most happy-inducing part of work,…