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.
Large organisations should be forced to publish retention rates for new mothers returning to the workplace in order to tackle...
With reports citing that only 1% of those eligible took a period of shared parental leave in 2018 it is...
Employers need to take particular care when managing sickness absence during pregnancy as the legal framework protecting pregnant employees is...
Recent research claimed that top employers’ parental policies are “invisible”, and a number have now publicly committed to publishing their...
Shared parental leave is unaffordable for most working families and should be overhauled, according to the TUC.
Shared parental leave...
Drinks giant Diageo has announced a new policy to offer men and women 52 weeks’ parental leave with the first...
If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...
Mobile network O2 has increased paid paternity leave for all permanent staff to 14 weeks, which it claimed is among...
HR practitioners, even some line managers, know full well that an employee at risk of redundancy when they are on...
A number of employers including Asos, IBM, Lidl and Facebook are completely ‘invisible’ when it comes to publicising their support...
Every April, HR professionals are faced with a raft of amended employment laws and deadlines for their organisation to meet....
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.
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.
When faced with the need to make redundancies, how should an employer decide which employees to select?
Redundancy exercises bring...
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...
