The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations apply to parents of children due, or matched for adoption, on or after 3 April 2011. From that date fathers, as well as spouses and civil partners of new...

The UK Government further aims to introduce a paid system of shared parent leave by 2015, according to deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg.

The European Union's attempts to introduce 20-weeks' paid maternity leave has provoked strong reaction from government and business.

Nearly half of fathers would take advantage of the new, shared parental leave, which comes into force in April 2011.

The announcement in the Queen's speech about removing barriers to flexible working coincides with trends identified in a recent report.

The latest CIPD Employer Focus survey has found employers are still not encouraging fathers to take more paternity leave

The existing right for parents to take leave from work is to be extended from three to four months per parent, following a European Council meeting yesterday.

Employers are still not giving mothers returning from maternity leave the support they need, according to new research published today by the National Childbirth Trust (NCT).

<b>As from April, working fathers will have the right to request paternity leave. Stefan Stern reports on the challenges organisations face in making the new regulations work in practice</b>