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.
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.
The 2025/26 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have now been published by the government.
E.ON UK wins Family-Friendly Employer of the Year Award 2024.
Employers are offering an average of 18 weeks’ fully paid maternity leave as a day-one right, according to the latest Working Families benchmark figures.
Kemi Badenoch caused a storm by suggesting maternity pay was too high but her misplaced words triggered a useful debate.
Fewer than one in two (45%) “top tier” UK employers are offering their staff equal amounts of fully paid parental leave.
Deloitte UK announces it is equalising parental leave, the first of the Big Four accounting firms to do so.
There were almost 25,000 claims for shared parental leave last year, a record number since the right was introduced in...
A third of new fathers were forced to take holiday to spend time with their newborn thanks to low paternity leave allowances.
The Liberal Democrats have pledged a ‘dad month’ of paternity leave if they get into power in July’s general election.
Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024 passes into law giving working fathers automatic rights to paternity leave if the mother dies.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has updated its pregnancy and maternity protections guidance to reflect new rights for employees.
Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.
Chief people officer Claire Douglas-Pennant shares her organisation's approach to supporting returning parents and what employers can learn.
