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.
Five years after its introduction, the number of fathers claiming shared parental leave has increased by over two thirds since...
Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines....
Men are more likely than women to believe it possible to rise to the top of their careers while still...
Fathers are four times more likely to seek mental health support than mothers, according to an online support service for...
A highly anticipated case to test whether it is discriminatory for employers to enhance maternity pay while not doing the...
Almost two-fifths of employees who plan to have children in the future expect to take shared parental leave – a...
Brexit seemed to put the brakes on progress for family-friendly rights last year, but 2020 and beyond could see some...
The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick...
Only 15 of the organisations in the FTSE 250 are telling job candidates how much paid leave they could expect...
Standard Life Aberdeen will offer nine months’ fully paid leave from January.
New parents in Jersey will be offered up to 52 weeks’ leave in new legislation that has been described as...
Amid all the political turmoil in July, employers will be forgiven for missing a flurry of proposed new employment laws...
Parents of premature babies could be entitled to one week of paid leave for every week their baby is in hospital.
Theresa May could offer fathers 12 weeks’ paid paternity leave as one of her ’legacy’ policies before she leaves office as Prime Minister.
Almost a quarter (23%) of new fathers did not qualify for statutory paid paternity leave last year, either because they...
