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.
The CIPD has unveiled a manifesto for good work, which calls on the next UK government to develop a long-term workforce strategy.
The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill and the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill gain Royal Assent.
Businesses are not clear on the proposed changes in proposed laws to protect workers on maternity leave from redundancy.
A bill to protect pregnant women and new parents against being made redundant passed successfully through the House of Commons...
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The government has committed to taking forward a...
The 2023/24 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have been set by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Last month's most popular FAQs include questions on witness statements, bank holidays and sickness absence.
Fewer employers are promoting support for working parents new research has found, revealing a trend that could be damaging for the career prospects of many women.
Some 46% of employers support extending statutory paternity/partner leave and pay, according to CIPD research.
Employers are more than twice as likely (102%) to offer enhanced parental leave packages compared with last year, analysis has shown.
Employers need to be particularly sympathetic to flexible working requests over summer as parents balance child care and work responsibilities
The government has approved a law offering paid neonatal leave for parents of babies who require additional care after birth.
Insurance company Aviva has reported continued high take-up of its equal parental leave policy – a benefit that has now...
Statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay are only available to employees with six months’ service. This is dissuading prospective parents from changing jobs.
Saga has announced it will offer grandparents a week of paid time off to celebrate the birth of their grandchildren....
