Enhanced pay

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

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

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

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

Senior partner at Pinsent Masons Richard Foley says six-figure salaries for newly qualified lawyers are unsustainable.

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A quarter of mothers do not return to the same employer after maternity leave because they feel the organisation’s practices...

A highly anticipated case to test whether it is discriminatory for employers to enhance maternity pay while not doing the...

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Standard Life Aberdeen will offer nine months’ fully paid leave from January.

JPMorgan Chase will pay $5m to settle a discrimination claim filed by a male employee in the US

The Court of Appeal has ruled that employers can enhance maternity pay, while only offering statutory shared parental pay for fathers.