February 4, 2022
Since 2020 we have all lived with uncertainty and had to react to numerous changes and challenges. It has certainly been a period of disruption on […]
March 11, 2021
As you will be aware, the statutory rates for Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Parental Bereavement and Shared Parental Leave, usually increase in April each year. The Government […]
December 14, 2020
With the much-publicised news of Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend’s miscarriage, and then, soon after, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, the subject of miscarriage […]
March 13, 2020
The recent case of Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd called into question if a father is entitled to receive the same rate of pay as […]
September 25, 2019
The Government’s consultation Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination: Consultation on extending redundancy protection for women and new parents, which closed on 5th April 2019, asked for opinions […]
October 3, 2018
Research conducted by HRS, the recruitment firm run by former Apprentice winner Ricky Martin, has revealed that 77% of interviewers surveyed do not consider asking whether […]
August 15, 2018
Shared parental leave was introduced in 2015, but how can employers avoid indirect sex discrimination between mothers and fathers when it comes to paid leave? […]
September 11, 2017
On 19 July 2017 the Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill was introduced to Parliament. The Bill is expected to have a second reading in October […]