Shared parental leave

The parents of babies due on or after 5 April 2015 will be the first to benefit from new shared...

Only 15% of employers have a clear idea about how they will implement the forthcoming rights to take shared parental...

Employers who offer enhanced maternity pay may face discrimination claims if they do not extend the benefit to men when...

Shared parental leave will give working parents more choice in how they care for their child in the first year...

A new system of statutory parental rights will be introduced next year, which will inevitably place additional administrative burdens on...

XpertHR is carrying out a survey of occupational maternity and paternity pay rates offered by UK employers and we would...

Legislation that will bring into force various changes to maternity, paternity and adoption rights has completed its route through Parliament....

Coalition intentions to “cut red tape” for employers may be at risk, after draft Regulations for shared parental leave were...

After a long wait, the shared parental leave proposals are about to become law. Yet take-up by new fathers is...

As the Government confirms its plans to introduce shared parental leave, Elizabeth Clery, research director in the Society and Social...

Shared parental leave will be introduced in April 2015 after the Government confirmed its intentions for mothers to be able to effectively share their maternity leave.

Parents will be entitled to 18 weeks’ unpaid parental leave per child from 8 March 2013, an increase from the...

Employers and working families have been asked for their input on the detail of how the new system for shared...

The Government has today published the Children and Families Bill, which includes reforms to the way in which parents can...

With the Government’s proposals for easier sharing of parental leave between partners, Occupational Health magazine looks at how businesses might...