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Shared parental leave

Shared parental leave and pay allows eligible women to curtail their right to maternity leave to enable their partner to take shared parental leave. Eligible parents can share 50 weeks’ leave and 37 weeks’ pay. Similar rules apply for adoptive parents.


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    • Maternity

    Why parental leave policies should be used to attract the best candidates

    by Christine Caffrey 18 Feb 2022
    by Christine Caffrey 18 Feb 2022

    Statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay are only available to employees with six months’ service. This is dissuading prospective parents from changing jobs.

    • Grandparental leave
    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity

    Saga launches paid leave policy for grandparents

    by Jo Faragher 9 Dec 2021
    by Jo Faragher 9 Dec 2021

    Saga has announced it will offer grandparents a week of paid time off to celebrate the birth of their grandchildren....

    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity
    • Latest News

    Six in 10 would change jobs for better parental leave

    by Jo Faragher 25 Nov 2021
    by Jo Faragher 25 Nov 2021

    Six in 10 parents or expectant parents would switch jobs for better parental leave, a survey by Virgin Money has...

    • Gender
    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity

    Gender pay gap: Focusing on fathers can reap rewards

    by Sarah Jackson 23 Nov 2021
    by Sarah Jackson 23 Nov 2021

    Last week saw Equal Pay Day – the day when women effectively stop earning due to their pay gap with...

    • Working from home
    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave

    Personnel Today Awards 2021: Financial Services Compensation Scheme commended as Family-Friendly Employer of the Year

    by Personnel Today 16 Nov 2021
    by Personnel Today 16 Nov 2021

    The Financial Services Compensation Scheme was awarded the Family-Friendly Employer of the Year title at the 2021 Personnel Today Awards.

    • Enhanced pay
    • Retail
    • Latest News

    Employee anger at John Lewis over payments to managers

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Sep 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Sep 2021

    The John Lewis Partnership has paid bonuses to senior managers despite not paying its partnership bonus for the first time in nearly 70 years.

    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity
    • Latest News

    201% increase in jobs offering extended parental leave

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Jul 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Jul 2021

    The number of jobs offering generous and extended parental leave has incresed, according to Indeed.

    • Gender pay gap
    • Ethnicity pay gap
    • Shared parental leave

    Labour presses for stronger maternity redundancy protection

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Jun 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Jun 2021

    Labour wants stronger protections for pregnant employees and new mothers, as well as the reinstatement of gender pay gap reporting enforcement.

    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity

    Majority offer enhanced maternity and paternity pay

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 May 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 May 2021

    Almost two-thirds of organisations offer enhanced maternity pay and most offer paternity pay that is more generous than statutory requirements.

    • Enhanced pay
    • Gender
    • Shared parental leave

    Campaigners urge government to scrap shared parental leave

    by Jo Faragher 26 Apr 2021
    by Jo Faragher 26 Apr 2021

    Campaigners call on government to scrap shared parental leave in favour of meaningful reform that tackles childcare inequality.

    • Gender
    • Coronavirus
    • Shared parental leave

    Shared parental leave: Will the pandemic increase childcare equality?

    by Jo Faragher 14 Apr 2021
    by Jo Faragher 14 Apr 2021

    Will the pandemic bring about a shift in perception of fathers accessing parental leave or is there a need for a more drastic approach?

    • Gender pay gap
    • Adoption
    • National living wage

    April 2021 employment law changes: five things for HR to do

    by Stephen Simpson 6 Apr 2021
    by Stephen Simpson 6 Apr 2021

    An annual update on the changes to employment law that are happening in April 2021 – IR35, national living wage, statutory pay rates...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity
    • Latest News

    Volvo unveils global paid parental leave policy

    by Peter Crush 1 Apr 2021
    by Peter Crush 1 Apr 2021

    Volvo Cars has today announced the global roll-out of its brand new ‘Family Bond’ paid parental leave policy after a...

    • Working from home
    • Testing
    • Coronavirus

    Establish a legal right to furlough for working parents: TUC

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Jan 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Jan 2021

    Major survey finds 78% of working mothers have not been able to gain furlough funding.

    • Adoption
    • Parental bereavement leave
    • Shared parental leave

    April 2021 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates published

    by XpertHR 8 Dec 2020
    by XpertHR 8 Dec 2020

    The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay, parental bereavement...

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