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.
More than 2.5 million women working in the private sector are missing out on enhanced maternity pay, according to data from Brightmine.
There were almost 25,000 claims for shared parental leave last year, a record number since the right was introduced in...
The Labour government has said that it will remove the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims, and there is a new code of practice for dismissing and re-engaging employees.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has updated its pregnancy and maternity protections guidance to reflect new rights for employees.
What do changes to maternity redundancy protections in April 2024 mean for HR?
Chief people officer Claire Douglas-Pennant shares her organisation's approach to supporting returning parents and what employers can learn.
Google has announced a range of enhanced family-friendly and fertility benefits for its UK workforce.
The flexibility offered by shared parental leave ppeals to parents, but can be a headache for employers from a resourcing perspective.
From the day-one right to request flexible working to rolled-up holiday pay, these are the employment law changes in 2024.
The right to request flexible working from day one of employment, as well as several other regulations, will take effect on 6 April 2024.
Consultants pay offer could end strikes if union members vote for changes to pay structure for senior doctors in England.
The Parental Fog Index 2023 Cross-Industry report, which analyses developments in businesses’ parental policies, also found that fewer employers publish basic details of paternity leave and pay than maternity.
The CIPD has unveiled a manifesto for good work, which calls on the next UK government to develop a long-term workforce strategy.
The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill and the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill gain Royal Assent.
Businesses are not clear on the proposed changes in proposed laws to protect workers on maternity leave from redundancy.
