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<li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/procedures/workload-principles/">Workload Principles</a></li> </ul> </li><li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/">Recruitment and Promotions</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-0"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/">Recruitment and Progression</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/inclusive-recruitment/">Inclusive Recruitment</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/professional-technical-and-operational-pto-establishment-review/">Professional, Technical and Operational (PTO) Establishment Review</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/professional-technical-and-operational-pto-establishment-review/guidance/">Guidance</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-3"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/professional-technical-and-operational-pto-establishment-review/guidance/guidance-for-line-managers/">Guidance for Line Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/professional-technical-and-operational-pto-establishment-review/guidance/guidance-on-application-form/">Guidance on Application Form</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/professional-technical-and-operational-pto-establishment-review/guidance/guidance-on-writing-job-descriptions/">Guidance on Writing Job Descriptions</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/professional-technical-and-operational-pto-establishment-review/frequently-asked-questions/">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/academic-senior-research-and-senior-teaching-appointments/">Academic, Senior Research and Senior Teaching appointments</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/academic-senior-research-and-senior-teaching-appointments/college-consuls/">College Consuls</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/academic-senior-research-and-senior-teaching-appointments/chairs-professors-readers-researchers/">Appointment of Senior Academics, Senior Research and Senior Teaching staff</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-3"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/academic-senior-research-and-senior-teaching-appointments/chairs-professors-readers-researchers/further-particulars-/">Further Particulars </a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/honorary-and-visiting-associations/">Honorary and visiting associations</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/professional-teaching-and-research-staff-appointments/">Professional, teaching and research staff appointments</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/temporary-worker-appointments/">Temporary worker appointments</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/temporary-worker-appointments/existing-casual-workers/">Existing casual workers</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-3"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/temporary-worker-appointments/existing-casual-workers/frequently-asked-questions/">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/temporary-worker-appointments/prospective-casual-workers/">Prospective casual workers</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/temporary-worker-appointments/hiring-departments/">Hiring Departments</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-3"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/temporary-worker-appointments/hiring-departments/hiring-casual-workers/">Hiring casual workers</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-4"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/temporary-worker-appointments/hiring-departments/hiring-casual-workers/frequently-asked-questions/">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/temporary-worker-appointments/hiring-departments/hiring-casual-workers/app-user-guides/">App user guides</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/temporary-worker-appointments/graduate-teaching-assistants/">Graduate Teaching Assistants</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/starting-salary-guidance-/">Starting salary guidance </a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/recruitment/new-job-site-faq/">FAQs for new job site platform</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/promotions/">Promotions</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/promotions/academic-promotions/">Academic Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/promotions/learning-promotions/">Learning Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/promotions/research-staff-promotion-and-progression-review/">Research Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/promotions/teaching-promotions/">Teaching Promotions</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/contracts/">Contract types and contract changes</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/contracts/types/">Contract type guidance</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/contracts/role-guidance/" class="">Contract change form guidance</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/contracts/approvers/" class="">Trusted Requesters and Approvers for contract changes</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/contracts/contract-changes/">Contract changes for current staff</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/">Job families and grades</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/academic/">Academic</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/academic-and-research/">Research</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/learning-and-teaching/">Learning and Teaching</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/operational/">Operational services</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/professional/">Professional services</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/technical/">Technical services</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/teaching-and-research-working-group/">Working Group to review the Learning and Teaching and Research Terms and Conditions and the use of Fixed Term Contracts</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/teaching-and-research-working-group/phase-i/">Phase I</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/teaching-and-research-working-group/phase-ii/">Phase II</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/teaching-and-research-working-group/phase-iii/">Phase III</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/working-group-to-review-academic-titles-and-progression-at-imperial/" class="">Working Group to review Academic Titles and Progression at Imperial</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/working-group-to-review-academic-titles-and-progression-at-imperial/terms-of-reference/" class="">Terms of Reference</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/working-group-to-review-academic-titles-and-progression-at-imperial/working-group-members/" class="">Working Group Members</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/working-group-to-review-academic-titles-and-progression-at-imperial/meeting-summaries/" class="">Meeting Summaries</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/job-families-and-grades/working-group-to-review-academic-titles-and-progression-at-imperial/faqs/" class="">FAQs</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/recruitment-and-promotions/secondments-/">Secondments </a></li> </ul> </li><li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/">Pay and pensions</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-0"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/">Principles of pay</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/gender-and-ethnicity-pay-gap/">2024 Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability Pay Gap Reports</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/gender-and-ethnicity-pay-gap/gender-ethnicity-and-disability-quartiles/">Gender, ethnicity and disability quartiles</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/gender-and-ethnicity-pay-gap/gender-ethnicity-and-disability-mean-and-median-pay-gaps/">Gender, ethnicity and disability mean and median pay gaps</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/gender-and-ethnicity-pay-gap/gender-pay-gap-in-bonuses/">Gender pay gap in bonuses</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/gender-and-ethnicity-pay-gap/ethnicity-pay-gap-in-bonuses/">Ethnicity pay gap in bonuses</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/gender-and-ethnicity-pay-gap/disability-pay-gap-bonuses/">Disability pay gap in bonuses</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/gender-and-ethnicity-pay-gap/previous-gender-and-ethnicity-data/">Comparison of previous gender and ethnicity pay gap data</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-3"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/gender-and-ethnicity-pay-gap/previous-gender-and-ethnicity-data/previous-gender-data/">Comparison of 2017-2024 gender data</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/gender-and-ethnicity-pay-gap/previous-gender-and-ethnicity-data/previous-ethnicity-data/">Comparison of 2018-2024 ethnicity data</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/principles-of-pay-and-recognition/gender-and-ethnicity-pay-gap/initiatives-and-projects/">Initiatives and projects</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/">Pensions</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/pensions-basics/">Pensions basics</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/saul/">SAUL pension scheme</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/saul/saul-care/">SAUL Care</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/saul/saul-start/">SAUL Start</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/saul/saul-data-breach/">SAUL data breach</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/saul/saul-drop-ins-2024/">SAUL Drop-ins 2024</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/">USS pension scheme</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/">USS valuations</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-3"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-is-a-valuation/">What is a valuation?</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-4"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-is-a-valuation/glossary-of-parties-involves/">Glossary of terms including the parties involved</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-is-a-valuation/timeline/">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-is-a-valuation/history/">How did we get here?</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-is-a-valuation/frequently-asked-questions/">Frequently asked questions</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-is-a-valuation/external-resources/">External resources which may help you understand your pension </a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/how-might-this-affect-me/">How might this affect me?</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-the-college-is-doing/">What the College is doing</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-4"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-the-college-is-doing/uss-staff-working-group/">USS Staff Working Group</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-the-college-is-doing/imperial/">Our involvement with previous consultations and valuations</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-the-college-is-doing/joint-statement/">Joint statement from Imperial College London and the Imperial College UCU branch</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/changes/what-the-college-is-doing/joint-letter/">Joint letter from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford and Imperial College London</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/uss-prudential-facility/">USS Prudential Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/capita-cyber-incident/">Capita Cyber Incident</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/uss/uss-drop-ins-2024/">USS Drop-ins 2024</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/nhsps/">NHS pension scheme</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/nhsps/nhs-scheme-pays/">NHS 19/20 scheme pays</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/the-federated-pension-scheme/">The Federated Pension Scheme</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/the-federated-pension-scheme/statement-of-investment-principles/">Statement of Investment Principles – May 2024</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-3"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/the-federated-pension-scheme/statement-of-investment-principles/implementation-2324/">Implementation 23/24</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/financial-advice/">Financial advice</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/financial-planning/">Financial planning</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/tax-relief-on-pension-contributions/">Tax relief on pension contributions</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/approaching-retirement/">Approaching retirement</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/retirement-options/">Retirement options</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/retirement-options/faqs/">FAQs</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/pensions-auto-enrolment/">Pensions auto-enrolment</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/pensions-auto-enrolment/2019-re-enrolment/">2022 Re-Enrolment</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/pensionsmart/">PensionSMART</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/pensionsmart/new-starters-information/">New starters information</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/pensionsmart/terminology-explained/">Terminology explained</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/pensionsmart/pensionsmart-faqs/">PensionSMART FAQs</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/pension-options-for-overseas-staff/">Pension options for overseas staff</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pensions/pension-faqs/">Pension FAQs</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pay-initiatives/">Pay initiatives</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pay-initiatives/annual-pay-award/">Annual pay award</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pay-initiatives/annual-pay-award/jtus-pay-claim-202425/">JTUs pay claim 2024/25</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pay-initiatives/annual-pay-award/imperials-full-and-final-pay-offer-202425/">Imperial's full and final pay offer 2024/25</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pay-initiatives/pay-review/">Pay review</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-2"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/pay-initiatives/pay-review/guidance-for-managers/">Guidance for managers</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/payroll-deadlines/">Payroll deadlines</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/salaries/">Salaries</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/salaries/engaging-agency-workers--guidance-for-managers/">Engaging agency workers- Guidance for managers</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/terms-and-conditions/">Terms and conditions</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/attraction-and-retention-at-imperial/">Attraction and retention at Imperial</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/benchmarking/" class="">Benchmarking</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/benchmarking/professional-technical-operational-and-learning-benchmarks/" class="">Professional, technical, operational and learning benchmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/benchmarking/research-job-family-benchmarks/" class="">Research job family benchmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/benchmarking/teaching-fellows-benchmarks/" class="">Teaching Fellows benchmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/benchmarking/national-academic-job-family-benchmarks/" class="">National Academic job family benchmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/benchmarking/american-benchmarks/" class="">American benchmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/benchmarking/international-academic-job-family-benchmarks/" class="">International Academic Job Family Benchmarks</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/industrial-action/">Industrial action</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/industrial-action/industrial-action-students/">Industrial action: guidance for students</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/industrial-action/industrial-action-staff/">Industrial action: guidance for staff</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/pay-and-pensions/industrial-action/industrial-action-undergraduate-marking-and-assessment/">Industrial action: undergraduate marking and assessment</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li><li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/">Leave and absence</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-0"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/annual-leave/">Annual leave</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/annual-leave/additional-leave/">Purchasing additional annual leave</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/annual-leave/calculations/">Calculations for annual leave</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/sickness-absence/">Sickness absence</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/university-closure-days/">University closure days</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/carers-leave/">Carers leave</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/family-leave/">Family leave</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/family-leave/adoption/">Adoption leave</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/family-leave/fertility-treatment/">Leave for fertility treatment</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/family-leave/maternity/">Maternity leave</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/family-leave/paternity-maternity-support-leave/">Paternity and maternity support leave</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/family-leave/shared-parental/">Shared parental leave</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/family-leave/surrogacy/">Surrogacy</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/family-leave/keep-in-touch/">Keeping in touch days</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/family-leave/new-parents/">Parents and carers workshops</a></li> <li><a href="/staff/parents-network/parental-portal/">Parental portal</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/special-leave/">Special leave</a> <ul class="multilevel-linkul-1"> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/special-leave/compassionate/">Compassionate leave</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/special-leave/domestic-emergency/">Domestic emergencies leave</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/special-leave/family-emergency/">Family emergencies leave</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/special-leave/jury-service/">Jury service</a></li> <li><a href="/admin-services/human-resources/leave/special-leave/leave-of-absence-for-academics/">Leave of absence for 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<h1>Childcare Support </h1> </div> <div class="row row--space-between flow-opposite top" id=""> <aside class="col lg-3 md-4 sm-12"> </aside> <div class="col lg-8 sm-12" role="main" id="primary-content">  <div class="module flow-m">  <div class="highlight"> <a href="https://staff-hub.imperial.ac.uk/support/tickets/new" class="btn" target="_blank"><span>Contact the HR Staff Hub</span><svg role="img" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" class="icon icon--m"><use xlink:href="/assets/website/images/svg/icons.svg#chevron-right"></use></svg></a> </div> <div class="row wysiwyg"> <p>The College recognises that working parents must meet large childcare costs for their children under five. There are a range of childcare support available to all eligible College employees. Provision of these benefits will be reviewed from time to time and the College reserves the right to vary or discontinue the arrangements outlined below.</p> </div> <div class="flexible "> <div class="heading"> <h2 class="title">Tax-Free Childcare</h2> </div> <div class="row equal-height-columns">  <div class="flexible__item"> <div class="general-content wysiwyg media-item full info reverse equal-height"> <div class="content"> <h3 class="title">What is Tax-Free Childcare?</h3> <div class="item-content"> <div class="item-content"> <p>A new Government-run scheme has been launched called Tax-Free Childcare (TFC), and is available to all eligible College employees. You can get up to £500 every 3 months (£2,000 a year) for each of your children to help with the costs of childcare.</p> <p>TFC can be used to pay for approved childcare, such as: childminders, nurseries and nannies, after school clubs and play scheme and home care agencies.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="flexible__item"> <div class="link-list equal-height"> <h3 class="title">Useful links</h3> <ul class="link-list"> <li> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare?step-by-step-nav=d78aeaf6-1747-4d72-9619-f16efb4dd89d"> Check eligibility (link to Gov.uk) </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-tax-free-childcare"> Apply for Tax-Free Childcare (link to Gov.uk) </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/childcare-vouchers-better-off-calculator"> The Government鈥檚 childcare calculator (link to Gov.uk) </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/"> HMRC鈥檚 Childcare Choices (link to Gov.uk) </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs"> Approved Childcare </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> </div>  <div class="row wysiwyg"> <h2>Local nursery discounts</h2> <h4>Merchant Square Day Nursery</h4> <p>The College has secured a 20% discount on fees at the <a href="http://www.merchantsquaredaynursery.co.uk/" title="Merchant Square Day Nursery">Merchant Square Day Nursery</a>, which is close to the St Mary's campus in Paddington. </p> <h4>Nature's Nursery</h4> <p>The College has secured a 10% discount on fees at <a href="https://www.natures-nursery.co.uk/" title="Nature's Nursery">Nature's Nursery</a>, which is close to the Silwood Park campus in Sunninghill.</p> <p>For more information on these nurseries and the College's affliated nursery for the Hammersmith and White City campuses, Old Oak Early Years Centre, please see the <a href="/staff/early-years/affiliated-nurseries/">EYEC affliated nurseries page</a>.</p> </div><div class="row wysiwyg"> <h2>Childcare Support Scheme </h2> <p class="default"><em>Please note: following the introduction of Tax-Free Childcare, childcare voucher schemes have been closed to new entrants. Therefore, the College’s childcare vouchers scheme is now only available to those currently in the scheme, subject to their continuing eligibility.</em></p> <p>A monthly allowance taking the form of free childcare vouchers is available to eligible employees who are currently in the College’s childcare vouchers scheme, until their child who is currently in receipt of it reaches their fifth birthday. The vouchers are provided through the College childcare voucher provider, Computershare, and may be used to meet the cost of childcare in College or independent nurseries. The allowance is not available as a cash supplement to employees’ salaries.</p> </div> <div class="heading"> <h2 class="title sr-only"> Accordion widget </h2> </div> <div class="a11y-accordion-tabs wysiwyg"> <div class="accordion-tabs js-tabs" data-tabs-allowed="false" data-start-collapsed="true"> <ul role="tablist" class="tabs-tab-list"> <li role="presentation"> <a href="#tabpanel_719900" role="tab" id="tab_719900" aria-controls="tabpanel_719900" aria-selected="true" class="tabs-trigger js-tabs-trigger"> Information on the Childcare Support Scheme </a> </li><li role="presentation"> <a href="#tabpanel_719902" role="tab" id="tab_719902" aria-controls="tabpanel_719902" aria-selected="true" class="tabs-trigger js-tabs-trigger"> Information on Childcare vouchers </a> </li> </ul> <section id='tabpanel_719900' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='tab_719900' class='tabs-panel js-tabs-panel' tabindex='0'> <div class='accordion-trigger js-accordion-trigger' aria-controls='tabpanel_719900' tabindex='0'> Information on the Childcare Support Scheme <svg role='img' aria-hidden='true' focusable='false' class='icon icon--m'><use xlink:href='/assets/website/images/svg/icons.svg#chevron-down'></use></svg> </div> <div class='content' aria-hidden='false'> <h5><strong>What is the Childcare Support Scheme?</strong></h5> <p class="default">A monthly allowance taking the form of free childcare vouchers is available to eligible employees who are currently in the College’s childcare vouchers scheme. Please note that this scheme is now closed to new entrants – view the relevant tab to learn more about its replacement, Tax-Free Childcare.</p> <p class="default">The vouchers are provided through the College childcare voucher provider, Computershare, and may be used to meet the cost of childcare in College or independent nurseries. The allowance is not available as a cash supplement to employees’ salaries.</p> <hr /> <h5><strong>Who is eligible?<br /></strong></h5> <p>Every Imperial College parent currently in the childcare vouchers scheme with a child under five years of age*, other than those paying for a child in the Imperial College Early Years Education Centre (EYEC). Consequently, a parent paying for a child at EYEC would be ineligible for free childcare vouchers for a second child. If both parents are employed by the College and currently in the childcare vouchers scheme they can both apply for free vouchers*. An exception to this is where the parents have a child at EYEC, in which case only the parent not paying the nursery fees will be eligible for the free vouchers.</p> <p>* Effective from September 2024, the free voucher will continue for parents who have a child under 5 who is currently in receipt of it. However, once their child reaches their fifth birthday, their enrolment in the free voucher scheme will end completely and no further children will be eligible to enrol.</p> <hr /> <h5 class="default"><strong>How much is available?</strong></h5> <p>The value of vouchers per Imperial College parent currently in the childcare vouchers scheme (and with a child under the age of 5 who is currently in receipt of it) is up to a value of £124 per month. The final payment will be made in the month of the child’s fifth birthday (the child currently in receipt of it), provided you are still employed by the College. The free vouchers will be withdrawn as soon as your child takes up a place at EYEC and/or reaches their fifth birthday.</p> <p>If you are a higher rate tax payer, the amount of £124 is the maximum that can be claimed. However, if you are a basic rate tax payer you can apply for up to £243 in total, in which case the first £124 is provided free by the College, and the remainder (up to £119) will appear on your payslip as a salary sacrifice.</p> <p>It is important to provide Computershare with your child’s date of birth, because this is how we know whether or not you are eligible to continue receiving the free vouchers. By registering with Computershare, you have accepted their terms and conditions, which include giving consent that the College can be supplied with your child’s date of birth and age.</p> <hr /> <h5><strong>How do I receive my free vouchers?</strong></h5> <p>Vouchers will be credited to your Computershare account.</p> <hr /> <h5><strong>Do I receive the sum for each child I have?</strong></h5> <p>No. Each parent who is enrolled is eligible for £124 per month (so two Imperial College parents can both claim an allowance as long as the children are still aged under five.). It is an allowance per parent rather than per child, so as to ensure that the College operates within the tax concessions available under the Government childcare voucher scheme.</p> <p>The Government’s new Tax-Free childcare scheme operates on a per-child rather than per-parent basis.</p> <hr /> <h5><strong>I have a child in EYEC – am I eligible?</strong></h5> <p>No. However, if you have applied but not yet been offered a place at EYEC, you can participate in the Childcare Support Scheme and will then be able to use your vouchers at a later date if you are offered a place (or otherwise at any independent nursery who has registered with Computershare).</p> <hr /> <h5><strong>Do I have to use the allowance on childcare vouchers?</strong></h5> <p>Yes. The College scheme is designed to off-set the cost of tax-approved childcare. By using the workplace nurseries or childcare voucher scheme, we can provide the sum completely tax free. Childcare vouchers can be used for a whole range of private childcare. </p> <hr /> <h5><strong>I am not yet incurring childcare costs. Can I claim the free vouchers anyway?</strong></h5> <p>No new claims can be submitted and the Childcare Voucher scheme through Computershare is only available to those already registered.</p> <hr /> <h5><strong>My childcare costs exceed £124 per month; can I purchase more childcare vouchers?</strong></h5> <p>Any amount up to £124 per month will be funded by the College (until your child who is already currently in receipt of them reaches their fifth birthday), but parents already registered on the childcare vouchers scheme can purchase more vouchers, up to their personal tax-free limit, if they wish to do so. In practice this will only apply to basic rate taxpayers and those who had already registered with Computershare prior to April 2011 (when the law changed). In such cases, the excess over £124 will be treated as a salary sacrifice through payroll. Details of the current maximum tax-free allowances may be found on the Childcare Vouchers tab. It is not advisable to exceed these allowances as any excess would incur Computershare’s handling charge (which you will need to pay) and carries no tax benefit. It is simpler and cheaper to pay excess childcare costs directly to your childcare provider.</p> <hr /> <h5><strong>Does this allowance form part of my contract of employment?</strong></h5> <p>The allowance is a discretionary scheme offered by the College which we will review every August and it is therefore not contractual. The allowance may be used on childcare vouchers or workplace nurseries and is tax free, so it does not have to be declared as additional income on a tax return. The arrangement is, however, part of a salary sacrifice arrangement, so please read the guidance provided by Computershare carefully so you understand the parameters of the scheme.</p> </div> </section><section id='tabpanel_719902' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='tab_719902' class='tabs-panel js-tabs-panel' tabindex='0'> <div class='accordion-trigger js-accordion-trigger' aria-controls='tabpanel_719902' tabindex='0'> Information on Childcare vouchers <svg role='img' aria-hidden='true' focusable='false' class='icon icon--m'><use xlink:href='/assets/website/images/svg/icons.svg#chevron-down'></use></svg> </div> <div class='content' aria-hidden='false'> <h5 class="item-content">What are childcare vouchers?</h5> <p>The term “voucher” is misleading. Paper vouchers are a thing of the past; the transactions are now entirely electronic. </p> <p>Parents have an online account with Computershare, into which credits are deposited by the College. The nursery which your child is attending needs also to register with them, and you can then direct funds from your account to the chosen the nursery.</p> <hr /> <h5>Why Computershare?</h5> <p>There are several childcare voucher providers operating in the UK. We chose Computershare because they are one of the biggest – with thousands of nurseries already signed up to their system – and have a good reputation for customer service.</p> <p>For reasons of administrative efficiency, the College is not able to provide support through other voucher providers.</p> <hr /> <h5>How do I contact Computershare?</h5> <ul> <li>Website: <a title="Child Care Vouchers " href="http://www.computersharevoucherservices.com/Pages/default.aspx">Child Care Vouchers </a></li> <li>Freephone: 0345 002 1111</li> <li>Imperial’s Employer Scheme Reference Number: 0000436867 </li> </ul> <hr /> <h5>Where does the funding come from?</h5> <p>1. From the College’s Childcare Support Scheme, which provides free vouchers to eligible parents who:</p> <ul> <li>are already registered with the childcare vouchers scheme and;</li> <li>are already claiming the free vouchers for their child under 5</li> </ul> <p>2. By sacrificing part of your salary from Imperial College – an explanation of the principles of <a href="https://wiki.imperial.ac.uk/display/FKB/Salary+sacrifice+scheme">salary sacrifice</a> is available from Finance's Knowledge Bank. </p> <hr /> <h5>Limit on the maximum amount of childcare vouchers</h5> <p>In addition to the general limitations applying to all salary sacrifice schemes (see FAQ No 3 on the salary sacrifice page), childcare vouchers are limited to an annual amount which is dependent upon the employee’s highest tax rate: </p> <ol> <li>For basic rate (20%) taxpayers: £2,916 per annum (£243 per month)</li> <li>For higher rate (40%) taxpayers: £1,488 per annum (£124 per month)</li> <li>For additional rate (45%) taxpayers: £1,164 per annum (£97 per month)</li> </ol> <p>The amount of savings you receive will be dependent on your current salary, tax bracket and NI contributions, but can be significant over time. The Salary Sacrifice page explains how you can work out roughly how much you will save.</p> <p>There are no administrative costs for you to participate in the scheme, and there is no cost to your carer to register.</p> <hr /> <h5>If you would like to leave the scheme</h5> <p>To cancel your vouchers, please give notice to Computershare through their website or by phone before the end of the current calendar month. <strong>Your payslip deductions will then stop from the following calendar month after you have cancelled</strong>. </p> <hr /> <h5>Refunds of childcare vouchers</h5> <p>HM Revenue and Customs have introduced additional flexibility into the regime for tax-free childcare vouchers. Previously, a salary sacrifice, once made, could not be revoked retroactively, and it followed that it was impossible to reimburse unused childcare vouchers. </p> <p>However, a recent <a title="HMRC publication " href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/ir115.pdf">HMRC publication </a>has indicated (in the middle of page 4) that retroactive amendments to a childcare salary sacrifice are lawful, if mutually agreed between employer and employee. </p> <p>The College will normally agree to an employee’s request to make such a retroactive change. Since the original sacrifice gave the employee relief from tax and NICs, any refund will need to be processed through payroll in order to collect the tax and NIC due. If you wish to claim a refund of childcare vouchers, please send an email to <a href="mailto:payroll@imperial.ac.uk">payroll@imperial.ac.uk</a> stating the value of vouchers which you wish to be refunded.</p> <p>If vouchers which have been provided free of charge under the Childcare Support Scheme (i.e. at the College’s cost) or during a period of SMP are no longer required, they should be returned to the College. No re-imbursement will be made.</p> <hr /> <h5>Expiry of vouchers</h5> <p><span>Vouchers don't expire until the 1 September after your youngest child's 15th birthday (or 16th birthday if your child is registered disabled).</span> </p> </div> </section> </div> </div>  </div> <section class="supplementary-content row"> <div class="supplementary-content__sizer col"></div> </section>  </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="footer" role="contentinfo"> <section class="footer__main"> <h2 class="sr-only">Useful Links</h2> <div class="container"> <div class="row 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