Shared parental leave will be extended to grandparents, the government has announced

The number of women having children in their forties has more than quadrupled in the last 30 years. Many now turn to in vitro fertilisation (IVF) to start families later in life. Often they are at a...

Harnessing internal communications can encourage take-up of Shared Parental Leave (SPL) within organisations, according to Accenture managing director, UK and Ireland human resources Sam Clark.

Shared parental leave (SPL) legislation is very good news for the UK. If we can make having babies and the necessary flexibility of early years child rearing a parental opportunity, rather than a...

Fathers trying to secure flexible working arrangements see themselves at a disadvantage compared to women, according to an academic paper on the subject.

Male employees are being put off from taking advantage of shared parental leave schemes due to the attitudes of their employers, research claims.

An employment lawyer has contested suggestions made by the only female chairman of a blue-chip British company that employers should allow women to take up to six years of maternity leave.

The UK ranks last in Europe when it comes to giving new parents 'well-paid' parental leave, a report by the TUC has found.

A system of statutory parental rights is planned for 2015, in addition to changes to the current system of unpaid parental leave taking place in 2013.

The deputy prime minister will announce today that from 2015 a flexible system of parental leave will be introduced. It's aimed at driving more women back into the workforce and giving men the option...

Acas and the Equality Human Rights Commission have published a guide to help employers understand the rights of women who are pregnant or on maternity leave when facing redundancy.

A report from BT and the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (ENEI), found that despite fathers having a greater role in raising their children, employers fall short of offering them the...