REPORT: childcare and family friendly benefits

9 August 2017

How are employers supporting their working parents and carers?


What do they have in place now and what future issues and solutions are they considering?


In this latest large-scale survey, over 300 HR professionals of varying sectors and sizes share their views on:



Part 1: Being family-friendly as we prepare for the post Childcare Voucher world


Part 2: Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave policies - enable us to answer the question: ‘What does a competitive policy look like in my sector?’


To download our survey results and discover what other companies are offering​, please complete the form below:

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