Parental Bereavement Leave coming soon
Parental Bereavement Leave will be available from 2020 (updated January 2020). The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill received Royal Assent in September 2018 and is likely to come into…
New right to shared parental leave from 2015 (SPL)
(Updated February 2024) 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,…
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…