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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.


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    Ordinary parental leave from April 2015: what employers need to know

    by Susie Munro 13 Apr 2015
    by Susie Munro 13 Apr 2015

    With all the focus on shared parental leave, employers may have missed changes to entitlement to “ordinary” parental leave that...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity
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    HR professionals criticise complexity of shared parental leave

    by Michael Carty 7 Apr 2015
    by Michael Carty 7 Apr 2015

    The HR profession supports shared parental leave in principle, but it is concerned that the new right is complex to...

    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity

    Shared parental leave: how to help fathers feel comfortable taking time off

    by Jeremy Davies 30 Mar 2015
    by Jeremy Davies 30 Mar 2015

    Soon we will see the first parents eligible for shared parental leave take advantage of the new right. Policy aside,...

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    Jo Swinson: shared parental leave “no more complex” than maternity leave

    by Jo Swinson 27 Mar 2015
    by Jo Swinson 27 Mar 2015

    Shared parental leave, perhaps the most significant piece of employment law to be passed by the coalition Government, is upon...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity
    • Paternity

    April 2015 employment law changes: an eight-point checklist

    by Clio Springer 11 Mar 2015
    by Clio Springer 11 Mar 2015

    However changeable employment law may be, one thing you can rely on is that many of those employment law changes...

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    • Maternity
    • Paternity

    Two in five fathers will not qualify for shared parental leave

    by Clare Allerton 6 Feb 2015
    by Clare Allerton 6 Feb 2015

    Rules surrounding the eligibility for shared parental leave have been criticised after the TUC found that two in five men...

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    Top 10 HR questions in January 2015: Fit for Work

    by Personnel Today 3 Feb 2015
    by Personnel Today 3 Feb 2015

    Parts of the Fit for Work service, the government-funded occupational health advice service, are now in operation, with the rest...

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    Shared parental leave timeline: key dates for HR

    by Stephen Simpson 13 Jan 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 13 Jan 2015

    Shared parental leave might feel like something for April 2015, but it is already having an impact on employers. We...

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    Top 10 HR questions in December 2014: Reasonable adjustments and bank holidays

    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2015
    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2015

    How far do employers have to go when making reasonable adjustments...

    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity

    Statutory shared parental pay rate announced

    by Personnel Today 5 Dec 2014
    by Personnel Today 5 Dec 2014

    The Government has published details of the rate at which statutory shared parental pay will be paid from April 2015,...

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    Civil service fathers to receive same parental leave and pay as mothers

    by Jo Faragher 20 Oct 2014
    by Jo Faragher 20 Oct 2014

    Fathers working in the civil service who want to share parental leave will be entitled to the same benefits and...

    • Discontinuous shared parental leave
    • Shared parental leave
    • Bank holidays

    Top 10 HR questions in September 2014: Antenatal appointments and shared parental leave

    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2014
    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2014

    A new right for fathers and partners to take time off to attend antenatal appointments came in on 1 October...

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    Tribunal watch: £37,000 discrimination award to former Met PC Carol Howard

    by Stephen Simpson 8 Sep 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 8 Sep 2014

    An employment tribunal has awarded a policewoman more than £37,000 after finding that the Metropolitan Police committed race and sex...

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    Ford justifies generous maternity pay while offering only statutory paternity pay

    by Personnel Today 3 Sep 2014
    by Personnel Today 3 Sep 2014

    Ford has successfully defended its policy of paying...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity
    • Paternity

    Top 10 HR questions in August 2014: enhanced parental pay, fixed-term contracts and TUPE

    by Personnel Today 3 Sep 2014
    by Personnel Today 3 Sep 2014

    If an employer pays enhanced maternity pay, must it also enhance pay to employees on shared parental leave? This seems...

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