by Anna Denton | Jun 14, 2019 | Discrimination, equality, Equality Act, parental rights, pay
Enhancing shared parental pay differently to maternity pay is not sex discrimination, a recent case has resolved. The Court of Appeal recently heard from two male claimants who felt they suffered discrimination when their employers failed to pay them an enhanced...
by Anna Denton | Oct 10, 2016 | News, parental rights
When the shared parental leave legislation was introduced creating the potential for fathers to take extended periods of leave, I predicted that it would only be a matter of time before a gentleman argued that an employer who paid him merely at the statutory parental...
by Anna Denton | Mar 23, 2015 | Articles, Discrimination, parental rights
The law has always distinguished a woman who has given birth to a child from any other form of parent as a ‘special’ case because only women have been able to give birth. That has enabled employers to treat mothers taking maternity leave more favourably than a father...
by Anna Denton | Dec 18, 2014 | Articles, parental rights
A few weeks ago I blogged about not getting so caught up in the introduction of Shared Parental Leave that you forget other things. Historically, those involved in a surrogacy situation were left in an unsatisfactory position in that the woman who bore the child and...
by Anna Denton | Dec 4, 2014 | parental rights
Question: What happens if a mother of a child is living with a different partner to the biological father of the child? Who has the right to engage in shared parental leave? Answer: The mother can only choose to share parental leave with one person in respect of...
by Anna Denton | Dec 4, 2014 | Articles, News, parental rights
It would be very easy, at the moment, to have so much focus on Shared Parental Leave that changes to your Adoption Leave Policy that need to be made by April could get ignored. Firstly, since 1st October 2014, anyone adopting has had the right to take time off work...