Maternity Leave

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Staff on maternity and paternity leave eligible for furlough after cut-off date

10-Jun-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Workers on maternity and paternity leave returning to their jobs in the coming months will be eligible for furlough, the Treasury has confirmed.

The life of a mother and licensee

20-Feb-2013 By Mahdis Neghabian

I often thought what effect having a baby would have on my career in the hospitality industry. As I just recently gave birth I'm on a journey of finding out.

Gov't launches ‘mix and match’ reforms for parents to share maternity leave

08-Feb-2013 By Gurjit Degun

The Government has introduced ‘mix and match’ reforms for parents to share maternity leave.

UK to fight EU's costly maternity leave plan

21-Oct-2010 By John Harrington

The UK Government has vowed to continue to fight EU plans to extend maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay - after MEPs backed the move. The...

Legal advice: Changes to employment law in spring 2008

08-May-2008

IT IS springtime in employment law land and the initial crop of new laws is coming through nicely. Cultivated in the darkness, and fertilized heavily...

Legal advice: Maternity leave

24-Aug-2007

A WOMAN who returns from maternity leave is normally entitled to return to the same job in which she was employed prior to her absence. If that job...

Family

05-Jun-2003

first Last month, new maternity and paternity rights came into force in the UK. Danielle Kingdon, employment partner at law firm Osborne Clarke,...

the rights stuff

15-Mar-2001

While the government has pledged in principle to loosen the grip of bureaucracy on small businesses, the fact is that the number of regulations...