Family-friendly rights and support

New and updated

• One in four dads misses out on paid paternity leave

  Date:

  17 June 2019

  Type:

  News

  Almost a quarter (23%) of new fathers did not qualify for statutory paid paternity leave last year, either because they had not been in their job long enough, were in insecure work or they were self-employed, the TUC has claimed.

• Cases on appeal

  Type:

  Law reports

  Updated to reflect that the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal in Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and others.

• Shared parental pay

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd; Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall, in which the Court of Appeal dismissed sex discrimination claims relating 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 leave policy (birth)

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the Court of Appeal decision in Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd; Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall on enhancing shared parental pay.

• Shared parental leave contract clause

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the Court of Appeal decision in Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd; Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall on enhancing shared parental pay.

• Letter explaining to managers the right to shared parental leave

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the Court of Appeal decision in Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd; Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall on enhancing shared parental pay.

• Letter explaining to employees the right to shared parental leave

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the Court of Appeal decision in Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd; Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall on enhancing shared parental pay.

• Shared parental leave policy (adoption)

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the Court of Appeal decision in Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd; Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall on enhancing shared parental pay.

• Podcast: Common issues during maternity leave

  Date:

  28 May 2019

  Type:

  Audio and video

  Issues that can arise during maternity leave range from the mundane, such as keeping lines of communication open, to the dramatic, such as putting an employee at risk of redundancy. We discuss common scenarios during maternity leave, and how to deal with them.