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• Financial concerns put fathers off shared parental leave

  Date:

  13 April 2018

  Type:

  News

  Financial barriers are preventing new fathers from taking shared parental leave, with half of prospective fathers admitting that they are unlikely to take advantage of the scheme because they earn more money than their partner when at work.

• Shared parental pay

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali and another, in which the EAT gave the first appellate decision on a sex discrimination claim related to shared parental pay.

• If an employer pays enhanced maternity pay, must it also enhance pay to employees on shared parental leave?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Shared parental pay: EAT overturns finding of sex discrimination

  Date:

  12 April 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the failure to pay a father shared parental pay at the same rate as an employee on maternity leave is not sex discrimination.

• Father refused enhanced shared parental pay was not discriminated against, says EAT

  Date:

  11 April 2018

  Type:

  News

  It is not discriminatory to refuse a new father enhanced pay while on shared parental leave where women are given enhanced maternity pay, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.

• GDPR: Model maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave documents now compliant

  Date:

  3 April 2018

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Our model maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave policies and documents have been updated to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is in force from 25 May 2018.

• Shared parental leave policy (birth)

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Form for a mother to curtail her maternity leave to take shared parental leave

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Form for a mother to provide a notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Form for a partner to provide a notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.