New right to shared parental leave in 2015 (SPL)
The Government are introducing a new shared parental leave and pay system for children born, or matched / adopted, on 5th April 2015 or after; in England, Scotland and Wales and we look at all the details of this complicated legislation in our article here.
This new Shared Parental Leave (SPL) system is to allow both
EU decides surrogate mothers can take maternity leave
The European Court of Justice in 2013 advised that a British woman who had a child through a surrogate mother is entitled to paid maternity leave.
Women who adopt a child in the UK are entitled to the same statutory adoption pay as pregnant mothers, but families who choose to use a surrogate mother to
Guide To Maternity Leave and Pay
Ordinary Maternity Leave lasts for 26 weeks and all Employees are eligible for this regardless of their length of service with their employer. Workers and Freelancers aren’t generally entitled to Maternity Leave but may be entitled to some form of Maternity Pay. Our advice is updated for 2011 to also include details of how you can ‘swap’ Maternity Pay so that your spouse/partner/the father of your child can take Additional Paternity Leave instead.
Maternity Leave and Pay Chart
As part of our guide to Maternity here is a quick chart to help you work out your Maternity Leave and Pay entitlements – updated for 2011.
