Family-friendly rights and support
A model letter to inform an employee that they are not eligible to take shared parental leave.
A model form to allow an employee to provide a period of leave notice to take shared parental leave.
A model form to allow an employee to vary a period of leave notice to take shared parental leave.
A model form for a mother to revoke the notice curtailing their maternity leave to take shared parental leave.
A model letter to reject a request for discontinuous periods of shared parental leave.
A model form to allow an adoptive parent to provide a period of leave notice to take shared parental leave for adoptions within the UK.
In this well-publicised case, easyJet's refusal to limit the shift lengths of two cabin crew who were breastfeeding led to awards for indirect sex discrimination totalling almost £35,000.
An employment tribunal in Scotland has awarded £28,321 to a Network Rail employee over his employer's policy of giving a period of full pay to mothers and primary adopters on shared parental leave, but paying only statutory shared parental pay to partners and secondary adopters.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that it is not discriminatory for an employer that offers childcare vouchers in return for a deduction from pay to cease to offer the vouchers during maternity leave.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to family-friendly rights and support.