Shared parental leave

Labour wants stronger protections for pregnant employees and new mothers, as well as the reinstatement of gender pay gap reporting enforcement.

Almost two-thirds of organisations offer enhanced maternity pay and most offer paternity pay that is more generous than statutory requirements.

Campaigners call on government to scrap shared parental leave in favour of meaningful reform that tackles childcare inequality.

Will the pandemic bring about a shift in perception of fathers accessing parental leave or is there a need for a more drastic approach?

An annual update on the changes to employment law that are happening in April 2021 – IR35, national living wage, statutory pay rates...

Volvo Cars has today announced the global roll-out of its brand new ‘Family Bond’ paid parental leave policy after a...

Major survey finds 78% of working mothers have not been able to gain furlough funding.

The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay, parental bereavement...

Senior partner at Pinsent Masons Richard Foley says six-figure salaries for newly qualified lawyers are unsustainable.

What stereotypes need to be broken down before working mothers can achieve a level playing field?

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

As we prepare to celebrate the Personnel Today Awards in November, it’s time to showcase those organisations that made the...

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

Calls to extend parental leave and pay for families because of the Covid-19 pandemic have been rejected by the government,...

Although the use of shared parental leave increased by 23 percentage points last year only 13,100 couples applied to use the scheme.