by webmaster | 25 Feb, 2021 | Latest changes, Parental Leave, Pay and Benefits, Upcoming Changes
The Government has announced the new statutory pay rates to take effect from 4 April 2021. In summary: The rate of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay and statutory shared parental pay, currently at £151.20 per week or 90% of the employee’s average weekly...
by webmaster | 30 Apr, 2019 | Parental Leave, Pay and Benefits
A campaign by charity ‘The Smallest Things’ is currently underway to pursuade employers to extend maternity leave for parents with premature babies The support for the campaign comes as the BBC has this month become one of the first employers to change its parental...
by webmaster | 27 Nov, 2018 | Parental Leave, Pay and Benefits, Uncategorised
The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 has received Royal Assent and is expected to come into force in 2020. The new Act will allow all employed parents who lose a child under the age of 18, or suffer a stillbirth from 24 weeks of pregnancy, a right to two...