Family-friendly rights and support
In Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) remitted to a fresh tribunal the issue of whether or not a police force's policy of giving a period of full pay to mothers on maternity leave, but paying only statutory shared parental pay to partners, is indirectly discriminatory.
In Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the failure to pay a father shared parental pay at the same rate as an employee on maternity leave is not sex discrimination.
A model form to allow an adopter to provide a notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave for adoptions from overseas.
A model form to allow an adopter's partner to provide a notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave for adoptions from overseas.
A model form to allow an adopter to provide an adoption leave curtailment notice for the purposes of shared parental leave.
A model form to allow an adopter to provide a notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave for adoptions within the UK.
A model form to allow an adopter's partner to provide a notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave for adoptions within the UK.
A model letter to agree to a request for discontinuous periods of shared parental leave.
A model letter to invite an employee to a meeting to discuss a request for discontinuous periods of shared parental leave.
A model letter confirming a continuous period of shared parental leave.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to family-friendly rights and support.