How to implement the Edenred Nursery ticket in your HR strategy step by step.

The Childcare Ticket is one of the social benefits most valued by working families. It allows companies to support the work-life balance of their employees with young children, while optimising flexible remuneration and reducing costs. Including this benefit in your HR strategy can improve talent attraction and retention, as well as the working environment and also help to combat gender inequality in the company.  

We explain step by step how to implement Edenred Nursery in your company in a simple and effective way. 

1. Analyse and assess the internal needs of your teams in terms of childcare.

Before starting up the Childcare Ticket, it is essential to carry out an internal analysis to find out whether there is a real demand among the employees. You can conduct an internal survey or hold informal conversations to identify how many workers have children of childcare age and whether they would be interested in this type of benefit. 

With this information you will be able to to assess the potential impact of the Ticket Kindergarten, estimate its uptake and make better decisions on its implementation. It will also allow you to tailor communication and resources to the real needs of your workforce. 

In addition, consult your financial department to understand the tax, legal and operational implications. If you already offer benefits such as restaurant vouchers or transport cards, incorporating the Childcare Ticket will be an even easier step. 

2. Choose the best provider offering Childcare Ticket solutions

Once the strategy has been defined, choose a provider that offers Ticket Kindergarten solutions adapted to the needs of your workforce. It is important to choose an experienced partner, such as Edenred, that offers an agile digital platform, national coverage and customer service for companies, employees and schools. 

Some key aspects to consider when selecting the supplier are: 

• The ease of use and management of its online platform: find out how Edenred Flex streamlines the incorporation of this benefit  

• The number of affiliated kindergartens: Edenred has thousands of partner nurseries throughout Spain.  

• Flexibility of use and payment modalities: Edenred Nursery can be offered as flexible remuneration, social benefits or as a mixed model.  

• Implementation support: Edenred accompanies you throughout the process, from planning to implementation, with personalised and direct advice to facilitate the adoption of the benefit. 

Having a good supplier will make the implementation process much smoother. 

3. Communicate the benefit to your employees

Once the supplier has been chosen, it is essential to launching an internal communication campaign to present Edenred Childcare to all employees. To do this, you can use various channels: corporate email, PDFs, informative webinars or face-to-face meetings with the HR team. 

It is important to explain clearly: 

• What is Edenred Kindergarten and how does it work? 

• What are its advantages? taxation for employees 

• How to apply and how to manage it on a monthly basis 

• What deadlines to consider for joining 

• Compatibility with other public aid  

Good internal communication will ensure greater team participation and satisfaction.

4. Choose the implementation modality that best suits your company

With Edenred Childcare, you can choose the form of implementation that best suits your company's benefits policy and the needs of your team. These are the three options available: 

• Flexible CompensationEmployees allocate a part of their gross salary to pay for childcare, which allows them to benefit from a full exemption from personal income tax. They thus increase their purchasing power without generating additional costs for the company. 

• Social BenefitThe company assumes the full cost of the service as part of its benefits policy. This support is exempt from personal income tax for the employee and is deductible from corporate tax, which makes it an investment with a positive impact both fiscally and in terms of team motivation. 

• Hybrid modelA flexible option in which the company and the employee share the cost of the service. A balanced formula that allows the benefit to be adapted to the available budget without sacrificing its value for people. 

5. Implement the application and management system

Together with the supplier, you shall set out the process by which employees may apply for Edenred Childcare. This is normally done through the Edenred Flex platform, where employees indicate the monthly amount they wish to allocate and the details of the school. 

The HR team should validate the applications, coordinate the payroll with the accounting department and ensure that payments to the day care centres are correctly made through the supplier. 

6. Evaluate results and continuously improve

Once Edenred Kindergarten has been implemented, don't forget to regularly monitor its performance. Analyse indicators such as: 

• The number of employees using it 

• Average tax savings per employee 

• The level of beneficiary satisfaction 

• The impact on the work climate or staff turnover 

You can make internal surveys or feedback sessions to gather suggestions and detect areas for improvement, or the need for employees to take advantage of other benefits such as ticket restaurant o transport ticket.