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.
The number of new fathers taking paternity leave fell for the first time in five years last year, while almost...
When LGBT workers look to start a family, there are numerous rights and entitlements employers must be aware of. Hollie...
Keeping on top of employment law developments can feel like a full-time job for HR professionals, but that’s just the...
One in four (23%) men who became a father last year were not eligible to receive statutory paternity pay.
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Organisations with 250 staff or more are being urged to publish their shared parental leave policies on their websites to...
Recent tribunal decisions have provided some guidance on the legalities of offering enhanced maternity but not enhanced shared parental pay....
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has launched a review into how NHS doctors are paid in a bid to close the...
It is not direct sex discrimination to offer men on shared parental leave statutory pay while at the same time...
Financial barriers are preventing new fathers from taking shared parental leave, with half of prospective fathers admitting that they are...
It is not discriminatory to refuse a new father enhanced pay while on shared parental leave where women are given...
The Easter bank holidays inevitably raise questions for employers about employees’ entitlement to time off, pay or pay in lieu....
Policies designed to help fathers in the workplace need reforming if Government is to meet the needs of 21st century...
The introduction of gender pay gap reporting has shifted the onus of responsibility for solving the gender pay gap to...
The Government has launched a campaign to promote shared parental...
Recent research showing how women and men continue to struggle to achieve the right balance between their work and family...
