Neonatal Leave and Pay legislation will be introduced on 6 April 2025 and will allow parents to take up to 12 weeks leave if their baby is receiving neonatal care
NeoNatal Leave and Pay
Statutory Payment Rates 2025
Statutory Payment Rates 2025. The Government has published the statutory payment rates that will apply from April 2025.
Paternity Leave and Pay Bill
The Government’s announces their intention to make Paternity Leave and Pay more flexible to increase the uptake of fathers taking paternity leave.
Increases Announced to Statutory Adoption Leave and Pay
A new package of support for people who want to adopt, which includes a new right for adoptive parents to take time off work to meet the child they are set to adopt before the child moves in with them, and improvements to statutory adoption leave and pay will become a legal right from April 2015.
Fathers Entitled To Attend Ante Natal Appointments
From 1 October 2014 fathers and a pregnant woman’s partner will have a new right to attend ante natal appointments with the pregnant woman.
Shared Parental Leave
Shared parental leave applies in relation to babies due on or after 5 April 2015. The first women who will benefit from shared parental leave will shortly be informing their employers about their pregnancy and asking questions about the new right.
Read my overview of the key elements of this new regime,
Surrogate Parents Entitled To Adoption Leave and Pay
The issue of maternity rights for surrogate parents has recently caused confusion with two Advocates General to the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) giving conflicting guidance.
Read my overview of the differing opinions of the Court’s advisers.
Woman who had termination after being demoted to waitress wins sexual discrimination
Woman who had termination after being demoted to waitress wins sexual discrimination. The restaurant manager told a tribunal how she had an abortion when she was demoted to a waitress after telling bosses she was pregnant.
Barmaid dismissed by text message whilst on maternity leave wins £8,500
Barmaid dismissed by text message whilst on maternity leave wins £8,500, she was not given notice and had not been given a contract of employment.
Manager Who Got Pregnant While Still On Maternity Leave Awarded Five Figure Sum For Sex Discrimination
Manager Who Got Pregnant While Still On Maternity Leave Awarded Five Figure Sum For Sex Discrimination after she was made redundant when she got pregnant again while still on maternity leave.
