Shared parental leave

Should employers give employees the right to be accompanied to meetings under a redundancy procedure?
Such a meeting could ultimately...

Standard Life Aberdeen will offer nine months’ fully paid leave from January.

New parents in Jersey will be offered up to 52 weeks’ leave in new legislation that has been described as...

Amid all the political turmoil in July, employers will be forgiven for missing a flurry of proposed new employment laws...

The legal protections for pregnant women and new mothers are to be extended to six months after they return to...

Parents of premature babies could be entitled to one week of paid leave for every week their baby is in hospital.

A third of people believe parental leave should be shared equally, according to a major survey, while only 12% think...

Theresa May could offer fathers 12 weeks’ paid paternity leave as one of her ’legacy’ policies before she leaves office as Prime Minister.

Almost a quarter (23%) of new fathers did not qualify for statutory paid paternity leave last year, either because they...

JPMorgan Chase will pay $5m to settle a discrimination claim filed by a male employee in the US

The Court of Appeal has ruled that employers can enhance maternity pay, while only offering statutory shared parental pay for fathers.

The government is accused of dragging its feet over protections for new mothers as a private member's bill is introduced in the House of Commons...

Denmark has some of the most generous parental leave and childcare support schemes in the world. But have these had...

The Court of Appeal has heard two cases that consider whether it is discriminatory for employers to enhance maternity pay but not shared parental pay

Support for flexible working should be visible from leadership level to help create “human-sized” jobs that enable a greater work-life...