“A tax loophole which allows firms to dodge around £100 million a year in National Insurance will be closed in the Budget, it was announced.”
The Independent, 16th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Government has published its response to the ‘Modern Workplaces’ consultation on the overhaul of family rights at work, including shared parental leave, extended flexible working and new rights for surrogate parents. Rachel Crasnow explains the issues.”
Cloisters, 17th January 2013
Source: www.cloisters.com
“Charities warned that Government plans for a radical overhaul of family law including the introduction of shared parental leave would do little to help improve the lives of the most vulnerable children.”
The Independent, 5th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A new system of shared flexible parental leave will allow parents to choose how they share childcare responsibilities in the first year after a child’s birth, the Government has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A mother who had a baby through a surrogate has launched landmark legal action for the right to paid maternity leave.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Dr Eva Michalak has won £4.5 million in compensation after her bosses mounted a campaign against her when she fell pregnant.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Employers that offer generous maternity pay packages could land themselves in legal hot water if they fail to extend the benefit to fathers, experts have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government is to begin consulting on plans to give both parents an extra month of leave during a baby’s first year and share out caring responsibilities.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Borger v Tiroler Gebietskrankenkasse (Case C-516/09); [2011] WLR (D) 89
“The status of an ‘employed person’, within the meaning of article 1(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, as amended , applied to a person during a six-month period of extended unpaid leave following the birth of a child, provided that, during that period, that person was covered, even if only in respect of a single risk, on a compulsory or optional basis, by a general or special social security scheme mentioned in article 1(a) of that Regulation.”
WLR Daily, 10th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The pressure of motherhood is the reason that 20 per cent of all female departees decide to leave some of the UK’s top 50 firms.”
The Lawyer, 8th February 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Why are we asking this now?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for a dramatic change in parental leave arrangements to ensure that fathers and lower-income parents are better served. The Commission insists that mothers and fathers should be able to share the leave allowance to give men more time with their children while both maternity and paternity pay should be raised to encourage low income families to take advantage of the benefit.”
The Independent, 31st March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The UK will not accept any EU proposal for women to have the right to be paid their full salary while on maternity leave, minister Pat McFadden has said.”
BBC News, 12th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The head of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, Nicola Brewer, has just announced that recent and future improvements to maternity pay may, ironically, be backfiring on women by making employers wary of hiring and promoting them. The industrial neanderthal Sir Alan Sugar has added fuel to the fire by claiming recently that many employers bin the CVs of women of childbearing age without even considering their job applications.”
The Independent, 15th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A benefit that enriches family life or a burden that sabotages women’s careers? Nicola Brewer’s claim that the extension of maternity leave and parental rights has hampered women’s employment chances has drawn praise and criticism in equal measure.”
The Times, 15th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
