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.
Consultant editor Darren Newman provides an overview of the new right to shared parental leave and suggests that, while the...
The rules on who will be eligible to take shared parental leave are complex, as are the rules on the...
Shared parental leave comes in early next year, introducing some significant changes to the existing regime of family-friendly leave. The...
Most organisations that offer their staff...
Employers were getting to grips with various changes to family-friendly workplace rights last month.
ON DEMAND | Audrey Williams and Camilla Palmer join Rob Moss to discuss how the shared parental leave rules will work.
HR professionals support the new right to shared parental leave due to come into force in 2015, but have concerns about how it will work in practice, according to new research.
When called on to implement HR processes that come up on a regular basis, some HR professionals might feel they know what to do off by heart; however, other, less familiar processes might cause a bit more head scratching...
Two recent cases have highlighted the potential risk of employer’s policies on training and career advancement being discriminatory against employees...
Three million people in the UK combine work with care. An ageing population means that this figure will rise significantly....
The parents of babies due on or after 5 April 2015 will be the first to benefit from new shared...
Only 15% of employers have a clear idea about how they will implement the forthcoming rights to take shared parental...
Vicky Schollar, solicitor at Blake Lapthorn, looks at how employers should handle maternity leave cover, particularly the issue of what...
The Children and Families Act will extend the right to request flexible working to all employees and introduce a right...
Employers who offer enhanced maternity pay may face discrimination claims if they do not extend the benefit to men when...
