Family-friendly rights and support

New and updated

• 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.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Record-keeping - statutory requirements

  Updated to reflect a change to record keeping requirements regarding the national minimum wage, effective 1 April 2021.

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with maternity pay, salary sacrifice and childcare vouchers

  Updated to reflect the increase to the statutory maternity pay rate from 4 April 2021.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Maternity policy

  Updated to include the new rate of statutory maternity pay for 2021/22.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Paternity leave contract clause

  Updated to include the new rate of statutory paternity pay for 2021/22.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter responding to employee who has notified intention to take maternity leave

  Updated to include the new rate of statutory maternity pay for 2021/22.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter explaining the right to statutory maternity pay

  Updated to include the new rate of statutory maternity pay for 2021/22.

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with keeping-in-touch days during maternity leave

  Updated to reflect the increase to the statutory maternity pay rate from 4 April 2021.