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.
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.
Employers warned they could lose out on the best talent if they do not include transparency over family friendly working arrangements.
Furloughed workers taking parental or adoption leave will receive parental or adoption pay based on their usual earnings, not the...
Five years after its introduction, the number of fathers claiming shared parental leave has increased by over two thirds since...
Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines....
A quarter of mothers do not return to the same employer after maternity leave because they feel the organisation’s practices...
A highly anticipated case to test whether it is discriminatory for employers to enhance maternity pay while not doing the...
Almost two-fifths of employees who plan to have children in the future expect to take shared parental leave – a...
Brexit seemed to put the brakes on progress for family-friendly rights last year, but 2020 and beyond could see some...
How much control can employers have over the timing of employees’ annual leave?
Employers with holiday years that run from...
We round up the most significant cases of the year including legal judgments on CCTV, restrictive covenants, enhancing shared parental leave, collective bargaining and more...
