Maternity & Paternity

Return to work: employers’ questions answered

Can our office reopen yet? Do we have to provide staff with PPE? Many concerns about the return to work...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme rules are complicated enough, without the added layer of complexity surrounding maternity leave and new...

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...

Men are more likely than women to believe it possible to rise to the top of their careers while still...

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...

Helen Larkin was made redundant at eight months' pregnant.

Fathers are four times more likely to seek mental health support than mothers, according to an online support service for...

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

Shared parental leave is unaffordable for most working families and should be overhauled, according to the TUC.

Shared parental leave...