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.
Calls to extend parental leave and pay for families because of the Covid-19 pandemic have been rejected by the government,...
The Labour party has called for the government to take urgent action to ensure that those who have been pregnant...
Maria Miller's proposals aim to bolster rights of women on maternity leave, who are often considered an easy target for redundancy.
Employers warned they could lose out on the best talent if they do not include transparency over family friendly working arrangements.
IT finance analyst is awarded £4,000 in a case involving attitudes to sickness, workloads, mental health and pregnancy.
Parents who are on statutory maternity and paternity leave due to return to work in the next few months will...
Can our office reopen yet? Do we have to provide staff with PPE? Many concerns about the return to work...
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme rules are complicated enough, without the added layer of complexity surrounding maternity leave and new...
Furloughed workers taking parental or adoption leave will receive parental or adoption pay based on their usual earnings, not the...
Five years after its introduction, the number of fathers claiming shared parental leave has increased by over two thirds since...
Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines....
A quarter of mothers do not return to the same employer after maternity leave because they feel the organisation’s practices...
Men are more likely than women to believe it possible to rise to the top of their careers while still...
A highly anticipated case to test whether it is discriminatory for employers to enhance maternity pay while not doing the...
Almost two-fifths of employees who plan to have children in the future expect to take shared parental leave – a...
