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Shared parental leave - have your say

The Government's consultation on how the proposed system of shared parental leave and pay will work closes on Friday 17 May 2013. From 2015, mothers will be able to come back to work early and share the untaken balance of their maternity leave and...

Published 13 May 2013 3:14 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: maternity leave, maternity pay, paternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave, adoption pay, parental leave
Top 10 HR questions - October 2012

Pensions auto-enrolment is now a real concern for employers. The second staging date takes place today, bringing the duty to auto-enrol workers into a qualifying pension scheme into force for employers with 50,000 workers or more. By this time next year...

Published 1 Nov 2012 12:13 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: maternity leave, references, sick pay, pensions auto-enrolment
Maternity costs employers £125,000 per year

You can't really put a price on motherhood, it's what makes the world go round. Nevertheless, our new XpertHR research takes a close look at the costs of maternity leave to employers, and finds that organisations spend an average £8,546 a year...

Published 18 Apr 2012 5:36 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, maternity leave, maternity pay, absence management, research
Pregnancy discrimination: £45,000 award after employer pretended employee didn't qualify for statutory maternity pay

A tribunal in Northern Ireland has awarded £45,000 to a woman whose employer pretended that she was working part-time while she was pregnant so that it didn't have to pay statutory maternity pay to her. Read More...

Published 27 Aug 2010 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, employee rights, sex discrimination, maternity leave, maternity pay, employment tribunals, pregnancy
Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 07.08.10 to 20.08.10

A round-up of links to news items on recent employment tribunal rulings, including: a police officer who was forced out after blowing the whistle on a colleague; an investment banker who is seeking £13.5 million after successfully claiming sex discrimination;...

Published 20 Aug 2010 1:08 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights, holiday, sex discrimination, maternity leave, discrimination, redundancy, religion, national minimum wage, race discrimination, dismissal, pregnancy, long-term sickness, unfair dismissal, whistleblowing
Redundancy: can employers favour women on maternity leave over men?

Scoring employees against redundancy selection criteria is tricky at the best of times, and as Personnel Today recently reported , even leading employment law firms can get into trouble. However, hidden behind the slightly misrepresentative reports that...

Published 28 May 2010 10:35 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights, sex discrimination, maternity leave, redundancy, business practices, unfair dismissal, Eversheds
Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 15.05.10 to 28.05.10

A round up of links to news items on recent employment tribunal rulings, including: a male lawyer made redundant over a colleague on maternity leave; a garden centre worker who was dismissed for taking home a goldfish he was told to dispose of; and an...

Published 28 May 2010 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, sex discrimination, maternity leave, redundancy, race discrimination, pregnancy, sexual harassment, unfair dismissal
Japanese mayor makes headlines for taking paternity leave

A district mayor in Tokyo has become the first local government leader in Japan to take paternity leave, reports the BBC website . Read More...

Published 6 Apr 2010 9:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, employee rights, maternity leave, international, paternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave, local government
Top 10 line manager briefings

What issues do line managers deal with on a daily basis? We've gathered data to come up with our 10 most popular line manager briefings since January 2009 (which might go some way to providing the answer). Read More...

Published 30 Mar 2010 6:32 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, termination of employment, employee rights, contracts of employment, terms and conditions, maternity leave, employee relations, training and development, redundancy, collective consultation, maternity pay, absence management, misconduct, performance management, probation, sickness absence, capability, appraisals, individual consultation
Flexible working - the key to enjoying life?

According to research, flexible working is beneficial to the physical and mental health of employees. Apparently, those who can decide on their working hours may even have healthier blood pressure and heart rates. The findings, which are available on...

Published 17 Feb 2010 12:19 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, maternity leave, flexible working, business practices
"Baby brain" myth is dispelled

Some mothers may have attributed a lapse in memory or concentration to their pregnancy or new born baby. Australian researchers, however, have confirmed that a woman's brain is not adversely affected by pregnancy or motherhood. Read More...

Published 4 Feb 2010 12:10 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, health and safety, maternity leave, pregnancy
Good practice on maternity

Supporting women who are due to go on maternity leave, and those who are returning from maternity leave, can help employers retain experienced and dedicated employees and ensure that they are working to their full potential. There can be a number of significant...

Published 26 Jan 2010 12:10 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, employee rights, maternity leave, keeping-in-touch days
Pregnancy and maternity leave: common discrimination pitfalls

XpertHR's new series of detailed summaries of employment tribunal decisions has continued with a look at five tribunal claims for pregnancy and maternity leave discrimination [subscription required]. Read More...

Published 25 Jan 2010 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, sex discrimination, maternity leave, pregnancy
Redundancy: what to do if you have to dismiss an employee on maternity leave

There is nothing to prevent an employer from dismissing an employee on maternity leave whose job has become redundant. However, the employer must take special steps to offer any suitable alternative employment to her ahead of other employees or the dismissal...

Published 6 Jan 2010 2:30 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, maternity leave, redundancy, unfair dismissal
Top 10 HR questions - December 2009

Questions on medical evidence required for employees with swine flu, annual leave for employees on maternity leave and a number of questions on working time feature in December's top ten most frequently visited FAQs on XpertHR. The closest we get...

Published 30 Dec 2009 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: maternity leave, hr policy and strategy, data protection, bank holidays, working time, swine flu, faqs, annual leave

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Shared parental leave - have your say

Top 10 HR questions - October 2012

Maternity costs employers £125,000 per year

Pregnancy discrimination: £45,000 award after employer pretended employee didn't qualify for statutory maternity pay

Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 07.08.10 to 20.08.10

Redundancy: can employers favour women on maternity leave over men?

Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 15.05.10 to 28.05.10

Japanese mayor makes headlines for taking paternity leave

Top 10 line manager briefings

Flexible working - the key to enjoying life?

"Baby brain" myth is dispelled

Good practice on maternity

Pregnancy and maternity leave: common discrimination pitfalls

Redundancy: what to do if you have to dismiss an employee on maternity leave

Top 10 HR questions - December 2009