Pregnancy and maternity under Equality Act 2010 Summary Equality Act protection for pregnancy discrimination is wide. For example, it is not an excuse that the woman was taken on to tempor...
Shared parental leave and pay Introduction Since April 2015, what was known as Additional Paternity Leave and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay has been abolished and re...
Time off for dependants Employees have a right to unpaid time off to deal with emergencies which may arise for dependants. Examples include providing assistance if ...
Parental bereavement leave The government has published draft regulations on this, due to take effect in April 2020. They will allow a parent to take two weeks leave f...
Pregnancy and maternity under health & safety regulations Summary Even without any employee being pregnant, an employer must perform a risk assessment if there are staff of child-bearing age and the...
Surrogacy Generally Legal issues generally, including who are the child’s legal parents, are discussed on the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Aut...
Adoption Broadly speaking adoption is treated in the same way as a birth, as regards rights to leave and pay. Accordingly; Adoption Leave is broadly ...
Unpaid parental leave Summary This should not be confused with Shared parental leave and Paternity leave, which are in the period after the birth of child, and ar...
Paternity leave Summary Paternity leave is available to fathers: for either one whole week or two consecutive whole weeks in the period of eight weeks from ...
