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.
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.
With new neonatal care entitlements coming into effect in April 2025, Kavitha Sivasubramaniam looks at how employers should prepare
A former Goldman Sachs employee who was fired after returning from paternity leave wins his sexual discrimination case.
Fewer than 2% of new dads have benefitted from shared parental leave in the 10 years since it began, according to new research.
With National Grief Awareness Week around the corner, Faith Holloway considers the steps employers can take that can make a difference.
