The UK government recently announced it had no plans to increase paternity leave and pay.
Nearly half of employers (46%) would welcome extensions to statutory paternity leave and pay, according to research from the CIPD.
Low paternity pay meant just a third of eligible new fathers took paternity leave in the last year.
Twitter’s new CEO, Parag Agrawal, has been celebrated for taking up shared parental leave after the birth of his second child.
Saga, the travel and insurance company for over-50s, made headlines as the first major UK employer to introduce grandparental leave and it could be a sign of how employee benefits will change over the...
Lockdown 2020 and my wife and I were delighted to find out we were expecting our first child.
At the onset of the pandemic, working parents were forced to completely readjust. Almost overnight, what had been considered 'home' evolved to encompass both 'office' and 'classroom'.
HR teams are always looking to create the most inclusive workplace cultures possible, but same-sex parents are likely to feel less supported.
Volvo's announcement of 24 weeks paid parental leave for all genders highlights the shift in business mindset when it comes to employee benefits.
A lack of flexible working options has forced many employees to lie to their bosses during lockdown.
?One in five (17%) working fathers feel they miss out on their children growing up because of pressures at work, according to research from Quinyx
?Almost two-thirds (63%) of employers do not tell dads-to-be about their right to request Shared Parental Leave (SPL), according to research by PowWowNow