Pregnant employees are entitled to take 52 weeks’ maternity leave. Pregnant employees’ partners are entitled to take two weeks’ ordinary paternity leave provided that they have the required continuous service.
New parents are also entitled to take shared parental leave. Shared parental leave enables mothers to commit to ending their maternity leave and pay at a future date, and to share the untaken balance of leave and pay as shared parental leave and pay with their partner.
Employers are more than twice as likely (102%) to offer enhanced parental leave packages compared with last year, analysis has shown.
Employers need to be particularly sympathetic to flexible working requests over summer as parents balance child care and work responsibilities
EU member states must apply rules to improve work-life balance for parents and carers by transposing the Work-Life Balance Directive into law.
The government has approved a law offering paid neonatal leave for parents of babies who require additional care after birth.
The midpoint of 2022 is a good time for HR professionals to take stock of the many employment law proposals in the pipeline.
A bill to establish extended paid leave for parents of premature and sick babies will be introduced to parliament today....
Insurance company Aviva has reported continued high take-up of its equal parental leave policy – a benefit that has now...
Wickes and Peppy won Overall Winner at the Personnel Today Awards 2021, for their work in supporting employees with their parental journeys.
Those on maternity leave may worry about the rising cost of living. How can HR help?
Organisations are being encouraged to bid for government-backed grants to set up schemes to support women’s health in the workplace.
The government has been accused of breaking its promises to improve workers’ rights, as the employment bill was excluded from...
Employees undergoing fertility treatment could be given new legal protections against discrimination under an MP's plans.
An employee who was threatened with dismissal after revealing she was pregnant has been awarded a £15k pay out for pregnancy and maternity discrimination.
Employers and OH practitioners have been urged to be aware of the latest amendments to the 1967 Abortion Act, which was updated in parliament last week.
Parents in Northern Ireland who suffer a stillbirth or the death of a child will soon be entitled to two weeks’ paid bereavement leave.
