Making Relocation Child Friendly

Relocatees often face life in a completely unfamiliar town, region or country, and those with children may find the lack of previous networks of friends and family a particularly daunting prospect. Offering practical ideas and systems of childcare to people with families could be of great comfort and value, and be the defining point of a successful relocation.

Almost 40% of the UK workforce are parents, and many struggle with juggling responsibilities to families with obligations at work. A flexible, family-friendly workplace, coupled with support for childcare costs, is a two-pronged solution to this problem.

MI6 is one high profile employer that now uses flexible working and childcare vouchers to attract a new generation of James (and Jane) Bonds.

'With extensive tax-breaks available from the government, you don't have to be in the intelligence service to realise that helping staff with childcare is a smart choice for today's employer,' said Emma Knights, Joint-Chief Executive of the Daycare Trust.

Getting up to speed with the range of incentives available from the government to encourage employers to offer help with childcare costs can help in the retention of relocatees. Costs incurred will usually be outweighed or balanced by reductions in National Insurance Contributions.

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