family benefits

Allegations that a major employee assistance provider (EAP) fobbed off callers seeking mental health support and rationed therapy referrals has raised concern in HR circles. Whistleblower claims that cases...

Childcare costs are more than half the average wage in some parts of the country, as figures show the East and South-East are the worst regions for working parents....

Global benefits providers Vivup and Perkbox are set to merge as the pair announced they had secured a strategic majority investment. Investment, from equity firm Great Hill Partners, will help...

Planned changes to child benefits mean that pension salary sacrifice schemes will be more attractive for higher earning households. For a family with three children, child benefit is worth...

As AIG Life’s Smart Health service hit 100,000 users since its launch in 2019, data showed that one in eight are uninsured children or people under-18. User data found...

Employers need to offer more support for working fathers as a survey has revealed that a third of dads have considered quitting their job as they struggle to manage...

Research on paternity leave found that 70 percent of fathers only used part of their leave entitlement because they couldn’t afford to remain off work for the full period. ...

  From April this year, the income threshold for child benefit charges will rise from £50,000 to £60,000, chancellor Jeremy Hunt said in today’s Spring Budget speech. Child benefit...

Comprehensive parental leave that goes beyond basic statutory requirements can be too unpredictable and expensive for SMEs, but a new type of insurance has launched to change that. Developed...

Law firm Boodle Hatfield has introduced a gender-neutral parental leave policy, which the employer believes is a market first for an independent London law firm. The equal opportunity parental...