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.
Mothers and fathers should have a right to share childcare leave, the Equal Opportunities Commission tells the government
Fathers should be given a month off work after the birth of their child and be paid £200 a week paternity pay, according to the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC)
Plans for parents to share maternity and paternity leave have met fierce criticism from employees groups that claim the changes...
Second six months of parenting leave should be shared, EOC tells DTI
HSBC’s decision to introduce childcare vouchers and nursery places for all staff may herald the start of a new trend...
Men increasingly assume more caring roles in the family and as women's rights to maternity leave are extended, the potential for discrimination against fathers has increased, writes Emma Bartlett
Education secretary Ruth Kelly is backing a national campaign by retail union Usdaw to boost the rights of working mothers.
The Conservatives have promised extra money for childcare and maternity leave
More dads intend to stay at home after the birth of their first child despite the financial difficulties it creates.
Women are being forced to return to work before their six months' maternity period has finished, research shows.
Women's groups say the proposed flat-rate maternity benefit will be too little for most women to be able to take a year off after the birth of a child
Government must provide an administrative system to co-ordinate the new arrangements, said the CBI
Government adds transferable maternity rights and extended flexible working rights to proposals for improved maternity arrangements
Some business groups have expressed concern that maternity pay is to rise and will last nine months by 2007, with futher improvements for workers promised in the next parliament
A Japanese city where no male municipal worker has ever taken a day of paternity leave is to force employees who become fathers to take time off and familiarise themselves with childcare.
