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.
Consultant editor Darren Newman provides an overview of the new right to shared parental leave and suggests that, while the...
The rules on who will be eligible to take shared parental leave are complex, as are the rules on the...
Shared parental leave comes in early next year, introducing some significant changes to the existing regime of family-friendly leave. The...
Most organisations that offer their staff...
ON DEMAND | Audrey Williams and Camilla Palmer join Rob Moss to discuss how the shared parental leave rules will work.
HR professionals support the new right to shared parental leave due to come into force in 2015, but have concerns about how it will work in practice, according to new research.
When called on to implement HR processes that come up on a regular basis, some HR professionals might feel they know what to do off by heart; however, other, less familiar processes might cause a bit more head scratching...
Two recent cases have highlighted the potential risk of employer’s policies on training and career advancement being discriminatory against employees...
Vicky Schollar, solicitor at Blake Lapthorn, looks at how employers should handle maternity leave cover, particularly the issue of what...
The Children and Families Act will extend the right to request flexible working to all employees and introduce a right...
Employers who offer enhanced maternity pay may face discrimination claims if they do not extend the benefit to men when...
Shared parental leave will give working parents more choice in how they care for their child in the first year...
A new system of statutory parental rights will be introduced next year, which will inevitably place additional administrative burdens on...
Recruitment and dismissal can be problematic for businesses, particularly when employers are unaware of the legal consequences of their actions....
XpertHR is carrying out a survey of occupational maternity and paternity pay rates offered by UK employers and we would...
