It’s high time we changed the narrative around employing parents.
Fewer than 2% of new fathers benefitted from shared parental leave since the scheme was introduced 10 years ago today (2 December), according to the campaign group The Dad Shift.
Management consultancy LHH hosted a panel debate yesterday (14 November) on how employers can understand and overcome the ‘motherhood penalty’.
The government could increase employers' national insurance contributions in the autumn budget, on 30 October. Our commentators analyse how business leaders might react.
The government published its Employment Rights Bill on 10 October. We round up what HR needs to know.
As we look to the future of work, it's clear that the boundaries separating career and personal life are beginning to shift. Changing demographics, evolving attitudes and the rise of new technologies...
Campaigners have strapped lifesized doll babies in slings to statues of men in central London, in a stunt aimed at lobbying the UK government to improve its parental leave offering.
Three quarters (75%) of companies in the private sector provide enhanced maternity pay, compared with 97% of public sector companies, research by HR data and insights provider Brightmine revealed (4...
Just 14% of working parents feel supported by their employee benefits package, according to research by REC Parenting, an online platform that offers support to parents.
Having to take time off work is parents’ second highest concern when their child is in hospital, according to research from MetLife UK, an insurance and employee benefits provider.
A petition has been started for a statutory requirement for employers to offer career breaks for parents with a seriously ill child, but some have questioned the practicality of such a policy.
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.
