Family-friendly rights and support

New and updated

• Date:

  12 September 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Top of the podcasts

  We round up some of our most popular podcasts published this year.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Family-friendly rights: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland

  Updated to reflect that a Bill has been introduced into the Northern Ireland Assembly to legislate for parental bereavement leave and pay in Northern Ireland.

• Type:

  Good practice manual

  Supporting fathers and partners through family-friendly policies

  Enhanced to include additional information on miscarriage, stillbirth and other types of pregnancy loss.

• Type:

  Good practice manual

  Supporting employees through pregnancy, maternity leave and the return to work

  Enhanced to include additional information on stillbirths, miscarriages and other types of pregnancy loss.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Shared parental pay

  Updated to include information on Price v Powys County Council, which concerned a sex discrimination claim relating to shared parental pay.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Carers policy

  Updated to include a reference to our good practice guide on supporting carers.

• Date:

  19 May 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Pregnancy loss: Supporting employees affected by termination for medical reasons

  Pregnancy loss charities have welcomed recent initiatives by some employers to offer paid time off to employees affected by miscarriage or stillbirth. One form of pregnancy loss that is rarely talked about, however, is termination for medical reasons. Jane Fisher takes us through the specific difficulties that can arise and how employers can help.

• Date:

  6 May 2021

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Maternity leave and pay: XpertHR survey 2021

  Our research finds that although a majority of organisations enhance maternity pay above the statutory provision, they take a wide range of approaches in doing so.

• Date:

  6 May 2021

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Paternity and shared parental leave and pay: XpertHR survey 2021

  Our research finds that a majority of organisations offer enhanced paternity pay, but it is much less common for shared parental pay to be enhanced. Many employers also offer other family-friendly support for employees.

• Date:

  13 April 2021

  Type:

  Law reports

  No sex discrimination when pay enhanced during adoption but not shared parental leave

  In Price v Powys County Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employment tribunal was entitled to reject a male employee's sex discrimination claim against an employer that enhances adoption pay but not shared parental pay.