Maternity & Paternity

April 2020 employment law changes: eight tasks for HR

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.

Brexit seemed to put the brakes on progress for family-friendly rights last year, but 2020 and beyond could see some...

The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick...

Two-thirds of people who voted Conservative in the 2019 general election want the new government to protect or enhance workers’...

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...