Women on maternity leave denied training opportunities
One quarter (24%) of women on maternity leave are not offered the same training opportunities as their colleagues, according to...
Family-friendly rights: a whistle-stop tour
Shared parental leave has been in the press again of late, with a new father winning a sex discrimination claim...
Enhancing family-friendly pay: pros and cons for employers
Whether or not to enhance pay during maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave is a perennial dilemma for employers....
Shared parental pay: Is refusal to match enhanced maternity pay sex discrimination?
Darren Newman asks if an employment tribunal was correct to hold that it was...
Shared parental pay: father wins sex discrimination case
A father whose wife was advised to return to work to combat post-natal depression has won a sex discrimination claim...
Labour manifesto 2017: what employers need to know
The Labour Party’s official manifesto has been released today and includes some of the most radical changes to employment legislation...
April 2017: nine key employment law changes
Are you up to date with all this month's employment law changes? We round the nine most important legislative...
Half of fathers would use shared parental leave
More than half of fathers would use shared parental leave, according to a poll by charity Working Families, published two...
O2’s head of HR: Equality initiatives cannot exist in a vacuum
Statistics continue to show a dearth of women in senior positions at top companies. Government needs to work with business...
Singapore employment law: what changes are coming in 2017?
To attract overseas business investment, Singapore has concluded an international network of trade agreements. Changes to Singapore employment law in...
Paternity
Are fathers’ rights at work working?
Despite the introduction of shared parental leave, employers have been slow to enhance fathers’ rights at work. John Smith, a...
Shared parental pay: Father wins sex discrimination case against Network Rail
Employers who pay mothers different rates of shared parental pay to fathers run the risk of sex discrimination claims, following...
Shared grandparental leave risks dads missing out – Jo Swinson
George Osborne’s announcement that working grandparents will be eligible to shared parental leave entitlement looks like a progressive move, but...
