This week, we have been joined by my 15 year old step son doing some work experience through school. One of the tasks that I set him was to write a blog. I asked him to answer the question of whether a woman can take paternity leave, as I thought it might challenge some assumptions. […]
Most employers understand that when women are on maternity leave, they will receive maternity pay, so long as they qualify for it. I don’t intend to talk about maternity pay but I do want to touch on some of the more difficult questions about those benefits that the employee pays for, such as pension, childcare […]
Last week, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published Lord Mervyn Davies’ report on the lack of women on the boards of FTSE companies. It makes for interesting reading. According to research studies quoted in the report, EU companies showing most growth have a higher proportion of women on their senior management teams, yet […]
On 6th December 2010, EU plans to increase paid maternity leave to 20 weeks were labelled unworkable by EU Ministers who confirmed they could not adopt this increase at a time when countries were imposing economic constraints. In the UK, women on maternity leave are entitled to 39 weeks paid maternity leave (with the remaining […]
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