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Printer Friendly Page Business Community Information History Learning and Skills Leisure Links Living Visiting Croydon Search About the Site			Frequently Asked Questions (Help from your employer) The list below provides answers to the most common questions of parents and carers who want help from their employer. What could my employer do? What kind of childcare help could be offered? Who could get help? What if my employer is not able to help with childcare? How can the National Childcare Strategies for Scotland and England help employers to help you? Finding out more What could my employer do? Any childcare help that your employer offers is likely to be part of a range of work-life balance policies designed to help you balance your work with the rest of your life. Your employer must provide you with: Maternity leave of at least 18 weeks Extended maternity leave of up to 29 weeks if you have worked with your employer for at least one year Unpaid parental leave of up to 13 weeks subject to one year's service The right to limit your working hours to less than 48 hours per week Four weeks paid annual leave The right to rest breaks Your employer could provide you with: Childcare help Flexible work options like term-time work, flexi-hours, part-time work or jobshare Leave options, like extended maternity leave or paternity leave for fathers around the time babies are born Ask your employer or trade union representative for more information on these work-life balance options. What kind of childcare help could be offered? Childcare help could include: Childcare information to help you find out more about your childcare options Contribution to childcare costs, through childcare allowances or Childcare Vouchers Provision of childcare services for employees, which could be a playscheme or a nursery of a childminding network, often run in partnership with other employers or local authorities Who could get help? You should ask your personnel department, line manager or employer if any childcare help is offered and how it is allocated. You could also ask your trade union representative for advice. What if my employer is not able to help with childcare? If your employer does not offer help now, they may be keen to look at what you need and listen to your views. So it is worth discussing options with them. How can the National Childcare Strategies for Scotland and England help employers to help you? The Government is keen to encourage employers to help out with childcare. How can the National Childcare Strategies for Scotland and England help employers to help you? The National Childcare Strategies for Scotland and England should make it easier for employers to get information to enable them to help their employees with childcare. The new childcare tax credit in Working Families' Tax Credit and Disabled Person's Tax Credit will help some employees to pay for childcare The new Croydon Early Years Education and Childcares are there to plan new and improved childcare services in your area. They must consult with parents and employers and look for ways to help employers get involved in childcare Croydon Children's Information Service is here to help you find out about your childcare options and could help your employer by offering special services for their employees Finding out more Ask your employer for information about their work-life balance policies and what childcare help they provide Talk to Croydon's Children's Information Service - they may be able to tell you more about employers who offer these policies in your area If you, or your employer, want to find out more you may wish to contact one of the following organisations: Daycare Trust Shoreditch Town Hall 380 Old Street London EC1V 9LT Tel: 020 7739 2866 New Ways to Work 309 Upper Street London N1 2TY Tel: 020 7354 2978 Parents at Work 5^th floor 45 Beech Street London EC2Y 8AP Tel: 020 7628 3565 Further information on the Government's work-life balance campaign can be found at the Department of Trade & Industry website. Back to Paying for Childcare


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