Enhanced pay

Approximately 2.6 million parents feel they have been treated less fairly at work because of their childcare responsibilities since the...

Ten years ago, the Equality Act 2010 consolidated discrimination laws into a single piece of legislation. We highlight 10 key...

Five years after its introduction, the number of fathers claiming shared parental leave has increased by over two thirds since...

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...

Brexit seemed to put the brakes on progress for family-friendly rights last year, but 2020 and beyond could see some...

We round up the most significant cases of the year including legal judgments on CCTV, restrictive covenants, enhancing shared parental leave, collective bargaining and more...

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.

The Court of Appeal has heard two cases that consider whether it is discriminatory for employers to enhance maternity pay but not shared parental pay

With reports citing that only 1% of those eligible took a period of shared parental leave in 2018 it is...

Recent research claimed that top employers’ parental policies are “invisible”, and a number have now publicly committed to publishing their...

Drinks giant Diageo has announced a new policy to offer men and women 52 weeks’ parental leave with the first...

Ten major employers have agreed to publish their parental leave and pay policies online.

Parental leave and pay
Maternity and...