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Should employers always look on the Brightside?
...maternity or adoption leave are entitled to written reasons for dismissal without requesting them and irrespective of their length of service. The written reasons the employer provides can then be use...
Sacrifice salary for pension contributions - save tax and national insurance contributions
...maternity/paternity leave (where entitlement to statutory payments depends on the level of pay). If you would like to discuss any of these issues in more detail, or would like to discuss pension matt...
Jingle all the way (to the Employment Tribunal)
...leave (although much will depend on the nature of their illness) or family leave (such as maternity leave) as this could give rise to allegations of discrimination. On the other hand, do not make atte...
Brexit Bites - Part 6: What’s not changing?
...maternity leave rights. Maintaining EU-derived UK laws is also likely to be a condition securing a favourable trade agreement. In summary, there is likely to be a whole range of employment laws t...
Getting girls on top: Three ways to resolve gender inequality at work
...leave. Enhancing shared parental pay to the same level as maternity pay could encourage more fathers to take leave, enabling more women to return earlier should they wish. Fathers also fear th...
Flexible maternity and paternity leave: Getting it right - as published in Edge online
...maternity leave doesn’t generally constitute unlawful direct discrimination against men. If, however, the woman is on some other form of parental leave (not maternity leave), the benefit will have to ...
Tina Wisener: Netflix premieres 12 months paid parental leave for all, but can UK employers pick and choose who gets it? - as published in HR review
...maternity leave, as preferential treatment of women on maternity leave does not generally amount to unlawful discrimination against men. If the woman is not on maternity leave, but some other form of ...
Could Netflix-style unlimited parental leave work for employers? - as published in Personnel Today
...maternity leave, as preferential treatment of women on maternity leave does not generally amount to unlawful direct discrimination against men. Such a policy could be indirectly discriminatory, but po...
Flexible Working – The 21st Century’s answer to the 9 to 5
...maternity leave. Over time the right was extended so that parents of children up to 18 years and those caring for adult carers became eligible. The biggest leap was made in 2014 with a new code of...
Egg-freezing: the employment law issues
...maternity leave policy at the same time. Employers, of course, could choose simply to invest in clear communication, mentoring and assessment of employees at all levels, and support for parents of bo...
What freezing eggs really means for women and employers - as published in HR review
...maternity benefits. What happens when it goes wrong? Freezing eggs is a very big decision for a woman to make and can have serious repercussions. Experts continuously disagree about the ideal age to ...
Y is there a problem? - as published in New Law Journal
...leave which becomes available in April 2015. Shared parental leave gives both parents the opportunity to share up to 12 months of leave in relation to the birth or adoption of a child. Both parents wi...
Working ‘When Required’ - as published in the Law Society Gazette
...maternity leave? For employment lawyers the contracts even raise a core conundrum of whether the worst of such contracts can amount to an employment relationship at all, given that obligations to prov...
Are the Days of the Zero Hours Contract Numbered? - as published in Tolley's Employment Law Newsletter
...leave and sick pay and are ineligible for its Bonus Share Scheme. The claimant argues that although described as a "casual" worker, the reality of her working arrangement entitled her to be treated no...
Managing Maternity Leave - Verity Saxon comments for Making Money
...Maternity Leave - Verity Saxon comments for Making Money Read Verity's comments here.
Creative use of workers during difficult times - Atypical workers - HR MAGAZINE
...leave √ √ Working time rights √ √ Unlawful deduction from wages √ √ Flexible working requests √ X Maternity leave and pay (and similar parental rights) √ X Disc...
The shift towards 'gender neutral' parenting - HR MAGAZINE
...maternity leave should extend them to men on paternity leave, otherwise it might amount to sex discrimination. This is unless employers can show that such benefits are intended to protect the biologic...
Extending enhanced maternity benefits to men
...maternity benefits meet these criteria. It is therefore arguable that employers who offer enhanced benefits to women on maternity leave should extend them to men on paternity leave to avoid discrimina...