Pregnant employees’ partners are entitled to take two weeks’ ordinary paternity leave provided that they have the required continuous service.
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 Parental Fog Index 2023 Cross-Industry report, which analyses developments in businesses’ parental policies, also found that fewer employers publish basic details of paternity leave and pay than maternity.
Fathers who work in HR and recruitment feel that taking paternity leave has impacted their careers, a survey has found.
Currys has announced a series of new benefits to support equality, diversity and inclusion, including additional paid gender reassignment leave.
Less than a fifth of UK workers think two weeks paternity is enough and the majority would take longer if they could afford it, new research has found.
The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill and the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill gain Royal Assent.
A lack of affordable childcare in the UK is forcing women out of work and hampering career progression.
The 2023/24 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have been set by the Department for Work and Pensions.
A CIPD survey finds a gap in the support offered to employees who suffer baby or pregnancy loss.
Almost half of UK parents are dissatisfied with their employer’s paternity leave packages, according to a study.
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Some 46% of employers support extending statutory paternity/partner leave and pay, according to CIPD research.
Employers are more than twice as likely (102%) to offer enhanced parental leave packages compared with last year, analysis has shown.
EU member states must apply rules to improve work-life balance for parents and carers by transposing the Work-Life Balance Directive into law.
The government has approved a law offering paid neonatal leave for parents of babies who require additional care after birth.
A bill to establish extended paid leave for parents of premature and sick babies will be introduced to parliament today....
