The government’s reforms to paternity leave and pay have been criticised as inadequate and a missed opportunity to reduce gender inequality by charities and experts.

Government has announced it will amend legislation to give new parents more flexibility on when and how they take paternity leave, in response to a public consultation on parental leave and pay.

Paternity leave is not taken at all by 21% of fathers, and financial worries are the biggest reason for this (27%).

A groom has won a maternity discrimination suit against her employer, an Epsom Derby-winning stables, after one of her managers refused to dismount during a meeting about her return to work.

Amazon has announced parents and grandparents working in its warehouses will have the choice to work in term-time only under a new policy.

According to the World Health Organisation, almost one in five women will experience a mental health condition during pregnancy or in the year after the birth of their children.  

A banker whose responsibilities were eroded while on maternity leave has won her seven-year legal battle against Commerzbank.

Three quarters (76%) of mothers who pay for childcare say it no longer makes financial sense for them to work, a study by mothers’ rights campaign group Pregnant then Screwed has shown.

Working parents’ confidence in their ability to progress has grown thanks to the spread of flexible work, according to new research.

Pregnancy should be one of the most joyful times in a woman’s life, but sadly it can be a period of great anxiety due to discrimination in the workplace, and sometimes even job loss. 

The government has thrown its support behind new laws designed to help both pregnant workers and unpaid carers in the UK.

Only a quarter (25%) of employees who experienced pregnancy or baby loss in the past five years received paid compassionate leave from their employer, according to research from the CIPD.