Family-friendly rights and support

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  FAQs

  Can an employer have a policy of refusing all requests for discontinuous periods of shared parental leave?

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  FAQs

  Do employees continue to accrue annual leave during a period of shared parental leave?

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  FAQs

  Are employers required to provide pay or time off in lieu of bank holidays that coincide with a period of shared parental leave?

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  Employment law cases

  Sex discrimination: Ford justifies decision not to enhance additional paternity pay

  Ford has successfully justified its policy of paying men on additional paternity leave the statutory minimum, while at the same time offering generous enhanced maternity pay to women on maternity leave.

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  FAQs

  How much notice that they intend to take shared parental leave must employees give?

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  FAQs

  Can an employer insist on evidence that an employee is entitled to shared parental leave?

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  FAQs

  Can same-sex couples take shared parental leave?

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  FAQs

  How is statutory shared parental pay divided between the parents if they take shared parental leave at the same time as each other?

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  FAQs

  If an employee takes shared parental leave with their partner, who is responsible for paying the employee's partner?

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  FAQs

  Can an employee take shared parental leave if their partner is self-employed?