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.
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.
The flexibility offered by shared parental leave ppeals to parents, but can be a headache for employers from a resourcing perspective.
Tribunal finds in favour of pregnant teacher whose school wanted her to return to classroom despite Covid safety concerns.
Paid leave for fertility treatment is back on the table, but this is only the beginning of a long road to reducing stigma around infertility.
A social media marketer has won a discrimination claim over the way ACCA handled her role in a restructure during her maternity leave.
The right to request flexible working from day one of employment, as well as several other regulations, will take effect on 6 April 2024.
Poopular topics last month includes the carry-over of annual leave, irregular hours workers, working time record-keeping, and TUPE.
Key EU protections will be enshrined into UK law via a statutory instrument that will be laid before parliament.
Less than one in three working mothers have access to the flexible working arrangement they need, research has found.
