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 Liberal Democrat Party’s official manifesto has been released today and includes a raft of proposals around employment rights, equality...
Are you up to date with all this month's employment law changes? We round the nine most important legislative...
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More than half of fathers would use shared parental leave, according to a poll by charity Working...
The Government will fail to achieve its goal of eliminating the gender pay gap within a generation unless it tackles...
The Women and Equalities Committee has launched an inquiry into how employers can better support fathers in the workplace.
The...
Just 5% of new fathers and 8% of new mothers have opted to take shared parental leave since it was...
To attract overseas business investment, Singapore has concluded an international network of trade agreements. Changes to Singapore employment law in...
FAQs on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the apprenticeship levy dominate the top 10 HR questions for...
Around half of UK households own a pet, according to the RSPCA. So why is there not a specific legal...
What were the most significant employment case law decisions in 2016? Stephen Simpson counts down the 10 most important judgments...
The Government has published the statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay...
With flexible working requests set to increase, including from men, how should employers respond? Jane Wheeler, partner at Hine Legal,...
The first employment tribunal case to deal with enhanced shared parental pay and the potential for sex discrimination – Snell...
Employers who pay mothers different rates of shared parental pay to fathers run the risk of sex discrimination claims, following...
ON DEMAND |What do employers need to consider when an employee or an employee's partner has a baby? Parental rights in recent years have been broadened to include the mother’s ...
