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.
Sickness absence during a disciplinary process is the top FAQ in September 2024's top HR questions on Brightmine.
Fewer than one in two (45%) “top tier” UK employers are offering their staff equal amounts of fully paid parental leave.
Deloitte UK announces it is equalising parental leave, the first of the Big Four accounting firms to do so.
Former Mitie employee criticised for being “very emotional and tearful” during pregnancy wins compensation boost totalling £350,000.
More than 2.5 million women working in the private sector are missing out on enhanced maternity pay, according to data from Brightmine.
There were almost 25,000 claims for shared parental leave last year, a record number since the right was introduced in...
A mother has won more than £90,000 for sex discrimination after a job offer was withdrawn when boss asked how old her children were.
April 2024's most popular FAQs on Brightmine, formerly XpertHR, include queries around minimum wage rules and holiday pay.
Firefighters and fire control employees receive maternity pay improvements and increases to basic and on-call pay.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has updated its pregnancy and maternity protections guidance to reflect new rights for employees.
Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.
A mother who was stereotyped as an emotional pregnant woman by her manager has won a constructive dismissal claim against Mitie.
Chief people officer Claire Douglas-Pennant shares her organisation's approach to supporting returning parents and what employers can learn.
Google has announced a range of enhanced family-friendly and fertility benefits for its UK workforce.
Unison believes that statutory maternity pay should increase to £364.70 a week, as many mothrs are facing financial hardship.
