Adoption
An employee who adopts a child through an approved adoption agency is entitled to up to 52 weeks’ adoption leave from day one of his or her employment.
Shared parental leave enables adopters to commit to ending their adoption 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. Shared parental leave is available in relation to employees having a child placed for adoption with them on or after 5 April 2015.
2019 statutory pay rates revealed
The Government has published the statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay...
Proposed requirement to publish family-friendly policies: implications for employers
The government is exploring the possibility of a new law requiring employers with more than 250 employees to publish details...
Ten employers publish parental leave and pay policies
Ten major employers have agreed to publish their parental leave and pay policies online.
Parental leave and pay
Maternity and...
Supporting LGBT staff: Family-friendly leave for same-sex couples
When LGBT workers look to start a family, there are numerous rights and entitlements employers must be aware of. Hollie...
New statutory pay rates for maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, adoption and sickness
The Government has published the statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay...
Family-friendly rights: a whistle-stop tour
Shared parental leave has been in the press again of late, with a new father winning a sex discrimination claim...
Enhancing family-friendly pay: pros and cons for employers
Whether or not to enhance pay during maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave is a perennial dilemma for employers....
April 2017: nine key employment law changes
Are you up to date with all this month's employment law changes? We round the nine most important legislative...
Singapore employment law: what changes are coming in 2017?
To attract overseas business investment, Singapore has concluded an international network of trade agreements. Changes to Singapore employment law in...
Statutory maternity pay and sick pay: 2017/18 rates announced
The Government has published the statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay...
Maternity, paternity and shared (grand)parental leave webinar
ON DEMAND |What do employers need to consider when an employee or an employee's partner has a baby? Parental rights in recent years have been broadened to include the mother’s ...
Q&A: Providing a written statement of reasons for dismissal
Some employees have an automatic right to a written statement of reasons for dismissal, others are entitled only if they...
Statutory maternity pay and sick pay frozen for 2016/17
Statutory maternity pay and statutory sick pay rates will not rise in 2016. The Government has proposed no annual increase...
Shared parental leave and overseas adoption: five key differences
Many employers will now have their procedures in place to deal with shared parental leave in a birth situation, and...
Ordinary parental leave from April 2015: what employers need to know
With all the focus on shared parental leave, employers may have missed changes to entitlement to “ordinary” parental leave that...
