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.
Every year brings with it some important new employment legislation for the employer to negotiate. Whether related to unfair dismissal,...
Female progress in the workplace has not been brought about by changes to employment legislation, claimed director-general of the British...
The Government is looking to create a society where “work and family complement one another”. A period of consultation on...
The number of working parents in the UK is on the rise. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that...
New fathers would be allowed six weeks’ paid paternity leave – two weeks off straight after the birth with a...
I have heard that rules have been introduced allowing new parents to take a longer period of paternity leave where...
Not exactly sure which legislation is being introduced this week? Personnel Today provides guidance for employers on the changes to...
The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010, which apply in relation to children due, or placed for adoption, on or after...
More than half (52%) of employers expect that additional paternity leave requirements, which come into force today (Sunday), will be...
As part of a raft of employment law changes being introduced by the coalition Government, April heralds the arrival of...
The new right to additional paternity leave (APL) comes into force for babies due, and children matched for adoption, on...
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has extended a “cautious welcome” to the Government’s proposals to overhaul the...
Every year brings with it a raft of new regulations for the employer to negotiate. Whether it’s retirement, agency workers,...
The Government has confirmed that the additional paternity leave Regulations implemented earlier this year by the Labour Government will remain...
Most of the Equality Act 2010 came into force on 1 October 2010 and employers need to make sure they...
