Your work life balance and supporting your family
As your employer we don't just see it as our responsibility to look after you; there's your family too. We provide a number of benefits that will support you and your family at various stages of your life.
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Reducing the cost with childcare vouchers
The Government closed the Childcare Vouchers scheme to new entrants on 4 October 2018. This means that if you are not already in the University Childcare Vouchers scheme (called Computershare), this option is no longer available to you.
If you are already a member of the University childcare voucher scheme you can remain in the scheme for as long as you remain an employee of Loughborough University, provided you don’t take a break of more than 52 weeks from receiving vouchers.
You may also be eligible to benefit from the Government’s Tax Free Childcare scheme or the Loughborough University Nursery Salary Sacrifice Scheme which is also available to salaried employees of the University.
What is the new Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme?
Under TFC, eligible families will receive 20% of their annual childcare cost, up to a maximum of £10,000 of registered childcare, giving a maximum saving per child up to the age of 12 of £2,000 (or £20,000 of registered childcare giving a maximum saving per disabled child of £4,000 up to the age of 17).
For more information please visit Childcare Choices and to access a TFC versus Childcare Voucher calculator, please go to www.tax-free-childcare.info
Discretionary death in service payment
Although we hope to never have to make these payments, as an employee at Loughborough you are also entitled to a discretionary death in service payment. This means that should anything happen to you, a one-off payment will be made to your family to aid and support them.
In addition to this, both pension schemes available at the University also offer generous payments for death in service.