How salary sacrifice can help your employees access their free childcare hours

The government’s ‘Free Childcare for Working Parents’ scheme aims to cut the cost of childcare by providing eligible families with 30 free hours per week (from September 2025). The scheme is available for working parents, but not those who earn (or whose partner earns) an adjusted net income of over £100,000. This can leave some […]

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Childcare salary sacrifice vs tax free childcare explained

Introduction to childcare benefits Sorting out childcare can be a massive headache for parents, as well as a major cost. Two initiatives to lower this cost are childcare salary sacrifice and tax free childcare.  Childcare salary sacrifice is an arrangement an employee makes with their employer to sacrifice, or give up, part of their salary […]

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7 things to think about when choosing a workplace nursery scheme

As most parents will tell you, sorting out childcare can be a huge headache. There are so many things to think about if you want your child to go to a nursery, including the cost. That’s why many employers are now introducing workplace nursery schemes, a way to help employees reduce the financial burden of […]

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Workplace nursery scheme: Everything you need to know

What is the workplace nursery scheme (also known as childcare salary sacrifice)? The workplace nursery scheme, also known as childcare salary sacrifice, allows employees to pay for their children’s nursery fees on a salary sacrifice basis. As with other salary sacrifice benefits, employees enter into an arrangement where their employer pays the nursery fees for […]

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