Just as important as the UK Budget, the Welsh Budget took place on 02 October 2018.  The Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance Professor Mark Drakeford presented a high-level ‘bread and butter’ Budget.  Rather than going into any details, he just made headline announcements such as how much each Government department will receive for 2019/20.

Part VI of the Employment Rights Act 1996 in Great Britain defines the statutory reasons why an employer must allow an employee to have time off away from the workplace. For example, it gives an employee the right to time off for performing duties as occupational pension scheme trustees, attending ante-natal and adoption appointments and the right for employees to take time off to look after dependents.

To be 100% factual, it is not only childcare vouchers that come to an end from 04 October 2018, it is all Employer Supported Childcare (ESC) schemes.