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.
The government has confirmed it will progress amendments to the forthcoming Employment Rights Bill around miscarriage leave to the House of Lords.
Offering support for parents of babies requiring neonatal care, through the introduction of statutory neonatal care leave, is another major step forward for family rights – but present new challenges for businesses.
Although the Employment Rights Bill is still making its way through parliament, there are a number of obligations coming into force this April.
Ministers 'fully accept principle of pregnancy loss bereavement leave' and take forward amendments to include miscarriage in workers' rights.
A fifth of bereaved employees (21%) would have liked more time off to manage and work through their grief.
Tennis players on the Women’s Tennis Association Tour are set to receive paid maternity leave in a landmark scheme supported by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the PIF.
MP says the Employment Rights Bill bolsters maternity rights, without consideration of rights of fathers.
The number of women forced out of work for getting pregnant or taking maternity leave has gone up by 37% since 2016.
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From 6 April this year about 60,000 new parents will be able to benefit from a right to neonatal care leave.
Government confirms neonatal care leave and pay law will be enacted in April, subject to Parliamentary approval.
Failure to provide a lockable office to nurse led to sex discrimination tribunal ruling.
MPs will table amendment for Employment Rights Bill to include statutory bereavement leave for workers who suffer a miscarriage.
Working parents increasingly stressed as number of employees who say employer is highly supportive of family life falls by nearly a third.
Employers are taking early action ahead of the introduction of new employment rights legislation, a new study shows.
