Creating More Balance

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Business Case for Work-Life Balance submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Business Case for Work-Life Balance is a useful factsheet, which identifies powerful arguments to help you develop the business case for work life balance. The factsheet includes statistics, case studies and research to support the arguments for developing flexible working and childcare options

Employer Supported Childcare submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Employer Supported Childcare factsheet identifies the current Inland Revenue position on employer-supported childcare and benefits for employers and employees. This factsheet looks at employer childcare voucher schemes, fee direct schemes and workplace nurseries.

A Guide to Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The factsheet A Guide to Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit raises awareness about working tax credits and child tax credits. All families with children and a family income of less than £58,000 will be able to claim some child tax credit. This facts sheet covers areas about eligibility, who can claim and how much can be claimed for both working tax credits and child tax credits.

Non-Standard Hours Childcare submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Non-Standard Hours Childcare factsheet explores some of the childcare options available to workers in the 24-hour working culture. Included in the factsheet are identification of the practical measures available and benefits to employers and employees.

Employers' Guide to Childcare Vouchers submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Employers' Guide to Childcare Vouchers fact sheet is a useful and easy to understand guide to childcare vouchers and includes calculation of cost savings and identification other benefits to both

Annual / Annualized Hours submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

This factsheet identifies what Annual/Annualised hours are and describes how it works. In additions to statistics and a case study about Annual/Annualised hours the benefits and potential problems for employers and employees have been identified. This factsheet identifies the points to consider when implementing Annual/Annualised hours and signposts the reader to additional information.

Compressed Hours Working / Staggered Hours submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

This Compressed Hours Working / Staggered Hours factsheet explains what these are and describes how it works. In additions to statistics and a case study about Compressed hours working/Staggered hours the benefits and potential problems for employers and employees have been identified. This factsheet identifies the points to consider when implementing Compressed hours working/Staggered hours and signposts the reader to additional information.

Flexitime submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Flexitime factsheet identifies what flexitime is and describes how it works. In additions to statistics and a case study about flexitime the benefits and potential problems for employers and employees have been identified. This factsheet identifies the points to consider when implementing flexitime and signposts the reader to additional information.

Self Rostering submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Self Rostering fact sheet identifies what Self rostering/ shift swapping is and describes how it works. In additions to statistics and a case study about Self rostering/ shift swapping the benefits and potential problems for employers and employees have been identified. This factsheet identifies the points to consider when implementing Self rostering/ shift swapping and signposts the reader to additional information.

Term Time Working submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Term Time Working fact sheet identifies what Term time working is and describes how it works. In additions to statistics and a case study about Term time working the benefits and potential problems for employers and employees have been identified together with what types of jobs are suitable and covering for absence. This factsheet identifies the points to consider when implementing Term time working and signposts the reader to additional information.

Part Time Work submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Part Time Work factsheet identifies what constitutes part time work and how it works. In addition to statistics and a case study about part time work the benefits and potential problems for both employers and employees have been identified. This factsheet identifies the points to consider when implementing part time work and signposts the reader to additional information.

Job Sharing submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Job Sharing fact sheet identifies that there are two basic forms of job sharing , shared responsibility and divided responsibility and describes how they both work. In additions to statistics and a case study about Job sharing the benefits and potential problems for employers and employees have been identified. This factsheet identifies the points to consider when implementing Job sharing and signposts the reader to additional information.

Changing the Place of Work submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Changing the Place of Work factsheet covers Teleworking /working from home and describes how it works. In addition to statistics and a case study about teleworking/working form home the benefits potential problems for employers and employees have been identified. The factsheet explores the points to consider when implementing teleworking /working from home and signposts the reader to additional information.

Flexibility and the Law submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Flexibility and the Law factsheet covers the range of legislation, which encourages employers to seriously consider requests for flexible working or reduced working patterns. In addition to statistics and case study about flexible working a number of information sources have been identified for further information.

Parental Leave / Time off for Dependants submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:04

The Parental Leave / Time off for Dependants factsheet identifies the difference between parental leave and time off for dependants and how they work together with the current rights to parental leave and time off for dependants. For parental leave issues about the agreement between employer and employee and the fallback scheme are discussed together with points to consider when implementing parental leave. A number of information sources have been identified for further information.

Childcare Voucher submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:13

The Childcare Voucher factsheet provides information about how the voucher scheme works and how it saves you money, which includes worked examples of the savings.

Taking a Break from Employment submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2005-11-14 08:14

This fact sheet covers Sabbatical, Time off for study leave, Extended leave and Special leave. In additions to statistics and a case study about Sabbaticals and Other Leave schemes the benefits and potential problems for employers and employees have been identified. This factsheet identifies the points to consider when implementing Sabbaticals and Other Leave schemes and signposts the reader to additional information.