1. MADS meeting 31 March 2014 Katie White ICH HR Kiddivouchers / EAP / Work life balance / Parental leave / Paternity leave

2. UCL Family related services/policies 1.UCL Childcare voucher scheme – operated by Kiddivouchers Ltd 2.Employee Assistance Programme – Help with finding childcare providers and other family related advice 3.UCL Work Life Balance Policy and Flexible Working Requests 4.Parental leave 5.Maternity/Paternity leave

3. Kiddivouchers UCL HR website – Policies and procedures – Childcare vouchers www.kiddivouchers.com www.kiddivouchers.com

4. You can receive childcare vouchers of up to £55 a week (or £243 a month) from your employer, depending on your earnings. Broadly speaking basic-rate taxpayers can receive up to £243 a month higher-rate taxpayers can receive up to £124 a month and additional-rate taxpayers can receive up to £110 a month

5. UCL childcare voucher scheme administrated by Emma Sweeney UCL HR ext 48247 emma.sweeney@ucl.ac.uk emma.sweeney@ucl.ac.uk

6. Employee Assistance Programme

7. What the EAP can offer Childcare provider locator Parenting articles, checklists and advice Childcare guidance and tips Kid’s Well-being pages Education advice Work life balance and families

8. How to find EAP UCL HR website Link on left hand side Employee Assistance Programme http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/occ_health/eap.php

9. UCL Work/Life Balance Policy UCL acknowledges that staff are most productive when they have a work/life balance. Flexibility in working arrangements that enables staff to work from locations other than UCL and/or at times other than the standard working week can help staff achieve this.

10. Work-life balance requests o Informal discussions with manager to be held first and discussion of how workload will be managed o Important to have formal request in writing so that the implications can be fully considered o http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/work_life_bal ance.php http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/work_life_bal ance.php

11. Parental leave ChildEntitlement For each child18 weeks up to their 5th birthday For each adopted child 18 weeks up to their 18th birthday or 5th anniversary of their adoption, whichever comes first For each child who qualifies for Disability Living Allowance 18 weeks up to their 18th birthday

12. Carer’s Leave Staff may be granted up to 5 days carer’s leave with full pay within any 12 month period. They may be granted up to 5 further days unpaid leave per year. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/leave_dom est_personal_reasons.php http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/leave_dom est_personal_reasons.php

13. Maternity leave Review existing risk assessment of work MATB1 – received from midwife about 20-26 weeks Occupational Maternity Pay/SMP Grant funded staff http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/maternity_links.php http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/maternity_links.php

14. Paternity/Partners Leave The mother’s partner can take paid leave of up to 20 working days – 4 working weeks. You can take this leave any time from 3 months before the expected week of childbirth to 3 months after the actual date of birth or date of adoption for adoptive parents. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/leave_domest_ personal_reasons.php Point 4 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/leave_domest_ personal_reasons.php