Maternity

Eleanor Gelder looks at surrogate mothers and their right to maternity leave, dismissals following post-maternity leave absence and what constitutes personal data...

Every spring, along with warmer weather and lighter evenings, comes the latest instalment of legislative change for employers and 2014...

Legislation that will bring into force various changes to maternity, paternity and adoption rights has completed its route through Parliament....

Coalition intentions to “cut red tape” for employers may be at risk, after draft Regulations for shared parental leave were...

We round up 10 of the significant legal decisions expected in 2014.

Employers should start preparing for employment law changes coming into force in 2014, as the year kicks off with amendments to TUPE Regulations in January...

Vicky Schollar of Blake Lapthorn’s Employment team considers the rights of pregnant women and those on maternity leave and how...

As the Government confirms its plans to introduce shared parental leave, Elizabeth Clery, research director in the Society and Social...

Shared parental leave will be introduced in April 2015 after the Government confirmed its intentions for mothers to be able to effectively share their maternity leave.

Both a surrogate mother and the intended mother should be given maternity pay and leave according to the Advocate General’s...

This April sees a number of employment law changes come into effect that will have an impact on all employers....

Parents will be entitled to 18 weeks’ unpaid parental leave per child from 8 March 2013, an increase from the...

Employers and working families have been asked for their input on the detail of how the new system for shared...

The Government has today published the Children and Families Bill, which includes reforms to the way in which parents can...

With the Government’s proposals for easier sharing of parental leave between partners, Occupational Health magazine looks at how businesses might...