Maternity
Pregnant employees are entitled to take 52 weeks’ maternity leave. Parents with babies due on or after 5 April 2015 are 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.
Working mothers increase by almost 50% over 40 years
The proportion of working-age mothers in paid work increased by almost 50% over four decades, according to the Institute of...
Why fatherhood holds the key to solving the gender pay gap
The introduction of gender pay gap reporting has shifted the onus of responsibility for solving the gender pay gap to...
The top 10 HR questions February 2018: Consent to process personal data
One of the key messages employers are hearing on the new data protection rules under the General Data Protection Regulation...
Why supporting all carers benefits men, women and business
Recent research showing how women and men continue to struggle to achieve the right balance between their work and family...
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...
Pregnant women and new mothers need more legal protection
A charity has called for greater legal protections for new mothers, claiming the Government has failed to act on the...
Women on maternity leave denied training opportunities
One quarter (24%) of women on maternity leave are not offered the same training opportunities as their colleagues, according to...
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....
Shared parental pay: Is refusal to match enhanced maternity pay sex discrimination?
Darren Newman asks if an employment tribunal was correct to hold that it was...
Shared parental pay: father wins sex discrimination case
A father whose wife was advised to return to work to combat post-natal depression has won a sex discrimination claim...
Labour manifesto 2017: what employers need to know
The Labour Party’s official manifesto has been released today and includes some of the most radical changes to employment legislation...
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...
Half of fathers would use shared parental leave
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More than half of fathers would use shared parental leave, according to a poll by charity Working...
O2’s head of HR: Equality initiatives cannot exist in a vacuum
Statistics continue to show a dearth of women in senior positions at top companies. Government needs to work with business...
