There are statutory requirements covering pay and leave associated with maternity, paternity and adoption, but many employers provide benefits in excess of the statutory requirements.
One of the most common family-friendly benefits is the provision of childcare vouchers. However, the Government has announced that these will be replaced with a childcare allowance from 2017.
The Government has published the statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay...
The autumn months promise to be a busy period for HR practitioners as they get to grips with a host...
Your annual summer round-up of the most important employment law cases 2016 has seen so far, and those still to come…
Employers do not have to provide childcare vouchers during maternity leave when offered through salary sacrifice, the Employment Appeal Tribunal...
Is an employer obliged to continue to provide childcare vouchers during maternity leave? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) last week...
Anyone thinking that the UK’s upcoming grandparental leave is unnecessary meddling by law-makers should look beyond these shores at the...
Statutory maternity pay and statutory sick pay rates will not rise in 2016. The Government has proposed no annual increase...
Facebook is to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour in the USA for its contractors and suppliers, among...
Rules surrounding the eligibility for shared parental leave have been criticised after the TUC found that two in five men...
The Government has published details of the rate at which statutory shared parental pay will be paid from April 2015,...
A new system of statutory parental rights will be introduced next year, which will inevitably place additional administrative burdens on...
Recruitment and dismissal can be problematic for businesses, particularly when employers are unaware of the legal consequences of their actions....
Every year brings with it some important new legislation for employers to negotiate. Whether related to employment tribunals, employee-shareholder contracts,...
Plans to allow parents to share maternity leave entitlement will be delayed until October 2015 due to fears over the...
The option to take additional paternity leave has not been taken up by as many fathers as was hoped, but...
