Employers Childcare

In order for the government's shared parental leave plans to make headway and encourage take-up among fathers, it must be used on a ‘use it or lose it' basis, a report says.

Flexible working is the cornerstone of creating a family-friendly culture at shoe repair and locksmith business Timpson.

Working mothers receiving a baby through surrogacy are not entitled to paid maternity leave under European law, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.

With an overhaul in childcare funding among a raft of ‘family-friendly' proposals announced by the government, where does this leave employers and staff who are working parents? Hannah Uttley investigates.

A high-profile report calling for universal state-backed childcare has put the government's impending tax-free childcare scheme back in the spotlight. Owain Thomas investigates.

Over three-quarters (76%) of employers have not taken steps to prepare for the new shared parental leave legislation which will come into effect in six months time, research finds.

The introduction of maternity leave laws in Guernsey could be delayed by a year, with the plan not necessarily seeing women paid, according to a report.

The key points of the government's new Tax-Free Childcare Scheme

A number of cultural and financial barriers appear set to impede the take-up of the shared parental leave scheme, according to a report by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).

Many parents could be "better off in the longer term" staying in the original workplace childcare voucher scheme, rather than switching to the government's new system, Busy Bees Benefits warns.