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.
Online bank Monzo has introduced 10 days' paid leave for those who experience pregnancy loss, and eight days' leave for those undergoing fertility treatment.
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Women in OECD countries receive around a quarter less income than men from the pension system.
MPs have voted to give ministers paid maternity leave, but the bill has been criticised for excluding backbench MPs and for giving no mention to paternity leave.
Employers could do more to make working parents aware of their rights to leave and financial support during the pandemic, a study has claimed.
The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay, parental bereavement...
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Calls to extend parental leave and pay for families because of the Covid-19 pandemic have been rejected by the government,...
The Labour party has called for the government to take urgent action to ensure that those who have been pregnant...
Employers warned they could lose out on the best talent if they do not include transparency over family friendly working arrangements.
Parents who are on statutory maternity and paternity leave due to return to work in the next few months will...
Furloughed workers taking parental or adoption leave will receive parental or adoption pay based on their usual earnings, not the...
