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HR Update - Extending paternity leave

    Features
  • Friday, September 28, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Over the past ten years, there have been many changes in employment law relating to working parents, and in April 2011 additional paternity leave and pay was introduced. Jacqui Mann reports that HR4 Nurseries has not seen a huge increase in requests for additional paternity leave, but says it is important that employers understand the key areas

Take twos...beyond existing models of delivery

    Features
  • Friday, September 28, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Local authorities will be funding 130,000 places for the 20 per cent least advantaged two-year-olds in 2013-2014, rising to 260,000 the year after. If providers across the private, voluntary, independent, schools and childminding sectors are to achieve these new targets, we may need to think beyond existing models of delivery, says James Hempsall.

HR Update - A parent's right

    Features
  • Friday, August 31, 2012
    • | Nursery World
When one of your employees asks for parental leave, do you know what they are entitled to? Here Jacqui Mann outlines the legal position

EYP Diary - Getting ready for the new cohorts

    Features
  • Thursday, August 2, 2012
    • | Nursery World
It's time to celebrate the achievements of this year's candidates who are about to graduate and also plan positively for the next programme, says Nikki Fairchild, EYP programme co-ordinator at the University of Chichester

Book extract: Childcare markets - can they deliver an equitable service? Edited by Eva Lloyd and Helen Penn

    Features
  • Wednesday, June 27, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Here we run an extract from the introduction of this timely publication which explores the viability of publicly supported childcare in the context of the rights of the child. A range of distinguished scholars come together to examine eight nations where childcare markets are the norm, while also scrutinising those countries where they are 'raw' and 'emerging'

HR Update - how to handle long term sickness

    Features
  • Friday, May 11, 2012
    • | Nursery World
We have been asked recently by several nursery owners how they can deal with a long-term sickness case. Unfortunately this can be a difficult area and sometimes a very lengthy and stressful process. It is important to manage the situation with sensitivity and concern and to consult fully to achieve an appropriate and fair outcome, says Jacqui Mann

Going Dutch? - The dangers of deregulation

    Features
  • Monday, April 16, 2012
    • | Nursery World
The Netherlands experiment with childminding deregulation lauded by some MPs here, has in fact led to more expensive childcare and a drop in quality, say Eva Lloyd and Anand Shukla

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