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Shared parental leave

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.


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    Parental leave to increase from 13 to 18 weeks on Friday

    by Samantha Carter 4 Mar 2013
    by Samantha Carter 4 Mar 2013

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

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    Businesses and parents consulted on shared parental leave

    by Samantha Carter 25 Feb 2013
    by Samantha Carter 25 Feb 2013

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

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    Government Bill includes reforms to shared parental leave and flexible working system

    by John Eccleston 5 Feb 2013
    by John Eccleston 5 Feb 2013

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

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    How the flexible parental leave proposals will affect businesses

    by Personnel Today 25 Jan 2013
    by Personnel Today 25 Jan 2013

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

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    Business groups welcome Clegg’s ‘flexible parental leave’ proposals

    by John Eccleston 13 Nov 2012
    by John Eccleston 13 Nov 2012

    Business and employers’ groups have welcomed proposals to overhaul the family-friendly leave system and enable women to share maternity leave...

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    Shared parental leave reforms to be delayed

    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Oct 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Oct 2012

    Plans to allow parents to share maternity leave entitlement will be delayed until October 2015 due to fears over the...

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    Legal opinion: EU proposals to extend maternity pay

    by Catherine Wilson 18 Nov 2010
    by Catherine Wilson 18 Nov 2010

    Never mind the recession or the damage to the planet; according to the European Parliament it’s all about the falling...

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    Extended parental leave ‘will cause headache for HR’ warns CBI

    by Kat Baker 31 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 31 Mar 2009

    New proposals for increasing parental leave pay in stages over the next 10 years will cause “an administrative headache” for...

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    EOC puts the case for shared parental leave

    by Personnel Today 11 Oct 2005
    by Personnel Today 11 Oct 2005

    The Equal Opportunities Commission has called on the government to introduce shared parental leave which would let new parents decide who looks after their children

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