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Parents will gain greater flexibility in how they share the care of their child in the first year after birth as new regulations regarding Shared Parental Leave (SPL) have now come into force.  The new rules, which apply to couples with babies due or children matched or placed for adoption on or after 5 April 2015, will allow parents to choose whether they want to share the mother’s maternity leave.

• New Shared Parental Leave regulations come into effect
• Employer attitudes towards pregnant women are stuck in a time warp, says TUC
• Parents talk about the benefits of sharing parental leave
• New right for fathers & partners to attend antenatal appointments
• Civil Service to become among the most female-friendly employers in the country
• 285,000 working couples eligible for shared parental leave
• Where a worker is unlawfully dismissed during part-time parental leave, the fixed-sum protective award to which a full-time worker is entitled must be calculated on the basis of full-time salary
• CIPD:  Shared parental leave is just one way in which employers can keep up with the changing nature of work
• CBI comments on shared parental leave announcement
• Government outlines how mums & dads can use new shared parental leave system
• Shared parental leave must be backed up with better pay, says TUC
• UK is the ‘scrooge of Europe’ when it comes to decent parental pay
• Business leaders urged to ensure women can fully contribute to economic growth
• Just 1 in 172 fathers taking Additional Paternity Leave
• Age UK - Grandparental care now worth £7.3bn