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Enhanced maternity benefits to women on additional maternity leave

Some employers offer enhanced benefits to women on maternity leave, paying more than the law requires. Read the rest of this entry »

Paternity Leave

Paternity leave is aimed at enabling both parents an opportunity to spend time with their newborn or adopted child. Read the rest of this entry »

Sharing Maternity Leave

Under the regulations fathers will be entitled to up to six months additional paternity leave provided the mother has returned to work, which will give parents the option of dividing a period of paid leave entitlement between them. Read the rest of this entry »

Additional Paternity Leave and Pay

On 6 April 2010 new regulations come into force providing for additional paternity leave and pay to parents of babies born (and adoptive parents notified of a match) on or after 3 April 2011. Eligible employees (usually fathers) will have the right to take up to 26 weeks paternity leave, if the mother (or primary adopter) returns to work early. Part of the leave will be paid if taken during the mother’s (or primary adopter’s) paid leave period.

  • The search is on for UK’s youngest innovators May 18, 2012
    The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched this year’s Cracking Ideas competition and is inviting children across the country to use their creativity to invent a special space-themed gizmo or gadget. […]
  • LUXEMBOURG ARM OF TAX UMBRELLA SCHEME WOUND UP May 17, 2012
    A Luxembourg company Zigmund Mather S.a.r.l. which had sourced clients for the “Sunday Solutions Scheme”, a tax scheme for the self-employed, has been ordered into liquidation in the High Court on grounds of public interest following an investigation by Company Investigations of The Insolvency Service. […]
  • Leamington Spa online recruitment companies now offline May 17, 2012
    Four Leamington Spa-based recruitment companies, Online Recruiter Ltd, Financial Times Accounts Ltd, First Star Recruitment Limited and Working Solutions Websites Direct Limited, have been ordered into liquidation in the High Court on grounds of public interest following an investigation by Company Investigations of The Insolvency Service. […]
  • 21-month prison sentences for Manchester ‘debt solution’ company directors May 17, 2012
    Two company directors in Manchester, Benjamin Humphreys and Daniel Moore, have been sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment each by Chester Crown Court for fraudulent trading at their debt solution company, Churchwood Corporate Services Limited (CCSL). […]