Employers including children’s charity Barnardo’s and manufacturer Kettle Foods have given their backing to the #savechildcarevouchers campaign, which calls for the scheme to be kept open alongside Tax-Free Childcare (TFC).
The childcare voucher scheme is due to close to new parents on 4 October - six months later than originally planned. However, parents who are already receiving vouchers will continue to do so as long as they stay with the same employer.
Representing around 45,000 members of staff, the 75 organisations that have signed a pledge to keep the scheme open indefinitely, say the closure of childcare vouchers risks undermining employee engagement.
Barnardo’s chief executive Javed Khan said, ‘Barnardo’s employs over 8,000 people. As part of our package of benefits to help families, we offer childcare vouchers to all staff, which we believe is pro-family and supportive to our staff with young children in managing their work-life balance.
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