Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Articles on how UK SMEs should manage paternity leave policies within their organisations.
Employing & managing staff
New research compares the UK’s paternity leave and pay to other countries across the world and finds Britain wanting.
News
The rise in the number of men taking paternity leave has ground to a halt as families decide they can't sacrifice the lost income from taking time off work, according to a commercial law firm.
News
Company owners are worried about the potential damage caused by this month's changes to paternity leave, finds research.
Work life balance
Changes in paternity laws this April will allow a mother to transfer three months of her paid maternity leave to the father. Here we ask female entrepreneurs how the new legislation will affect their businesses.
Work life balance
Fathers will not take up the new paternity leave entitlement set out by the government, claims the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
News
A large proportion of SMEs are sympathetic to fathers having their paternity leave rights extended.
News
Reports that the Government is considering giving working fathers six months unpaid paternity leave have been condemned by small business groups, who see it as yet another legislative burden causing headaches for SMEs.
News
With the increasing trend towards promoting a work/life balance and the Government keen to promote the rights of families, there are a number of changes in employment law that have come into force from 6 April.
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