The Bereaved Partner's Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 provide an extended period of 52 weeks' statutory paternity leave for employees where the child's mother dies within the first year of the birth.
The percentage of statutory maternity and other family-related pay that small employers can recoup from HM Revenue and Customs increases from 103% to 108.5%.
Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, and Brightmine senior legal editor Laura Merrylees discuss the new right to neonatal care leave and look at likely forthcoming changes to family-friendly employment rights in the Employment Rights Bill.