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    Family Pay Childcare Benefit

    A salary sacrifice childcare benefit to help your team members manage their costs and boost wellbeing

    The cost of childcare can put a strain on many families. Our Family Pay childcare benefit helps ease financial burdens by letting employees salary sacrifice childcare, and supports them to feel more engaged and productive in the workplace. Employer childcare benefits enable organisations to make their staff feel valued and thrive as they achieve their work-life balance

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    What is Salary Sacrifice Childcare?

    Nearly half of Britain’s children need looking after as their parents head to work, and the cost of childcare is increasing1. This can add significant stress and financial strain on employees who need to balance family commitments with work while trying to make ends meet

    Family Pay enables employees to salary sacrifice their childcare costs and make savings on National Insurance and Pension Contributions. This in turn lowers their expenditure and helps to support them financially

    How Does Family Pay Salary Sacrifice Work?

    Our employee childcare benefit solution can be accessed in a few simple steps:

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    Employee selects Family Pay on the Vivup Platform and searches for care providers

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    If their preferred provider is already Family Pay Ready, they submit an order request

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    If not, they can submit a request to sign up their preferred provider

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    The employee submits the order and agrees to the change in the contract via the Vivup platform

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    The employer authorises the order

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    Childcare starts one month after the first salary reduction

    Help Your People Manage the Cost of Childcare

    Salary sacrifice
    arrangement

    Can be used alongside
    Tax-Free Childcare

    Integrates seamlessly with
    other salary sacrifice benefits

    Provides national coverage for nurseries, childminders and holiday clubs

    Makes high living costs more manageable

    Generates organisational
    savings

    Employees can pick their
    preferred provider

    Dedicated onboarding
    support

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    The Importance of Salary Sacrifice Childcare Benefits

    A childcare salary sacrifice option makes childcare costs much more manageable, relieving the pressure on working parents while boosting financial confidence. With the upfront costs of childcare taken care of through predictable monthly payments, they can focus their attention, and feel more secure, at work. In the long-term, this helps companies hold on to valuable team members

    How Does Family Pay Benefit Your Business?

    Our company childcare benefits solution, Family Pay, can help your organisation to:

    • Elevate your reputation as an employer of choice
    • Generate organisational savings
    • Build brand and business loyalty
    • Create a happy, healthy workplace 
    • Boost your recruitment and retention toolkit  
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    Benefits to Your Employees

    Childcare benefits for employees:

    • Helps make rising living costs more manageable
    • Can be used alongside Tax-Free Childcare
    • Lets employees work with preferred providers
    • National coverage for nurseries, childminders, and holiday clubs

    Request a Family Pay Demo

    *For nursery places, Family Pay can be used to cover the cost of 80% of the total cost of the child care. Parents must have a direct relationship with their childcare provider. 

    1 BBC - Childcare shortage worsens as costs rise