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.
Self-employed workers are to gain maternity and pension benefits under a new EU law.The Directive on self-employed workers and assisting...
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Fathers will be able to enjoy new paternity benefits in a year's time. Joanne Christie explores the implications for HR.
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HR professionals should not panic about draft European legislation to extend maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay, a...
Draft legislation to extend maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay has been passed by a European Parliament committee.The...
One in five fathers are unaware of their paternity rights, according to the government.A survey of 560 fathers found that...
Sahota v Home Office and Pipkin
Employment lawyers have questioned whether fathers will take up the additional paternity leave and pay that they will be entitled...
Sahota v The Home Office and PipkinFACTSImmigration officer Parminder Sahota was experiencing difficulties becoming pregnant and had begun a course...
