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Maternity and paternity

Pregnant employees are entitled to take 52 weeks’ maternity leave. Pregnant employees’ partners are entitled to take two weeks’ ordinary paternity leave provided that they have the required continuous service.

New parents are also 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.


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    • Maternity

    Employers should publish new mum retention rates, MPs urge

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 May 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 May 2019

    Large organisations should be forced to publish retention rates for new mothers returning to the workplace in order to tackle...

    • Discontinuous shared parental leave
    • Enhanced pay
    • NHS

    Shared parental leave and pay – equalising opportunities?

    by Colin Godfrey 16 Apr 2019
    by Colin Godfrey 16 Apr 2019

    With reports citing that only 1% of those eligible took a period of shared parental leave in 2018 it is...

    • Absence
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    • Sickness absence

    Webinar: Managing sickness absence during pregnancy

    by Brightmine 9 Apr 2019
    by Brightmine 9 Apr 2019

    Employers need to take particular care when managing sickness absence during pregnancy as the legal framework protecting pregnant employees is...

    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Why it’s time to compel all employers to publish parental policies

    by Sue Macmillan 5 Apr 2019
    by Sue Macmillan 5 Apr 2019

    Recent research claimed that top employers’ parental policies are “invisible”, and a number have now publicly committed to publishing their...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Latest News
    • Paternity

    Shared parental leave should be ‘overhauled’

    by Rob Moss 5 Apr 2019
    by Rob Moss 5 Apr 2019

    Shared parental leave is unaffordable for most working families and should be overhauled, according to the TUC.

    Shared parental leave...

    • Adoption
    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave

    Diageo announces six months’ paid parental leave

    by Rob Moss 3 Apr 2019
    by Rob Moss 3 Apr 2019

    Drinks giant Diageo has announced a new policy to offer men and women 52 weeks’ parental leave with the first...

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • Zero hours
    • Maternity

    Top 10 HR questions March 2019: Anonymous witness rights

    by Brightmine 2 Apr 2019
    by Brightmine 2 Apr 2019

    If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...

    • Adoption
    • Latest News
    • Paternity

    O2 increases paid paternity leave to 14 weeks

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Apr 2019

    Mobile network O2 has increased paid paternity leave for all permanent staff to 14 weeks, which it claimed is among...

    • Case law
    • Maternity
    • Latest News

    Redundancy when on maternity leave: a matter of communication

    by Charles Wynn-Evans 29 Mar 2019
    by Charles Wynn-Evans 29 Mar 2019

    HR practitioners, even some line managers, know full well that an employee at risk of redundancy when they are on...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Gender
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Top employers’ support for working parents is “invisible”

    by Jo Faragher 19 Mar 2019
    by Jo Faragher 19 Mar 2019

    A number of employers including Asos, IBM, Lidl and Facebook are completely ‘invisible’ when it comes to publicising their support...

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    • National living wage
    • Brexit

    April 2019 employment law changes: Seven things for HR to do

    by Stephen Simpson 18 Mar 2019
    by Stephen Simpson 18 Mar 2019

    Every April, HR professionals are faced with a raft of amended employment laws and deadlines for their organisation to meet....

    • Shared parental leave
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    ‘Business lacks transparency over parental support’

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2019

    LinkedIn has claimed to have revealed evidence of a “disconnect” between employers and employees over the issue of flexible work, as most working parents feel their employers are not fully open about their parental policies. 

    • Canada
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Shared parental leave

    Men’s parental leave is key to women’s progression

    by Lauren Touré 8 Mar 2019
    by Lauren Touré 8 Mar 2019

    On International Women’s Day, Lauren Touré looks at how encouraging men to share parental responsibilities can have a profound effect on female career progression.

    • Absence
    • Brexit
    • Right to work

    Top 10 HR questions February 2019: Redundancy, FTCs and maternity leave

    by Brightmine 1 Mar 2019
    by Brightmine 1 Mar 2019

    When faced with the need to make redundancies, how should an employer decide which employees to select?
    Redundancy exercises bring...

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    One-HR employment law review (webinar)

    by Personnel Today 4 Dec 2018
    by Personnel Today 4 Dec 2018

    Last chance to book your place: 6 December 2018 at 2pm. Barrister Kevin Charles scrutinises the latest developments in employment law including whistleblowing, minimum wage and more...

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