Pay terms for shared parental leave: the implications of Ali and Hextall
The Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3050) provide the non-maternal parent or carer (usually, but not always the father) with the right (subject to statutory conditions) to take leave from work to share in a baby’s primary care. A DBEIS press release earlier this year suggested take-up of shared parental leave (SPL) may be … Continue reading Pay terms for shared parental leave: the implications of Ali and Hextall
Risk assessments for breastfeeding workers
In Otero Ramos v Servicio Galego de Saúde (Case C-531/15) EU:C:2017:789, the ECJ held it was directly discriminatory for an employer to fail to conduct a risk assessment compliant with Article 4(1) of the Pregnant Workers Directive (92/85/EC) (PWD) to assess the risks posed to a breastfeeding worker by their work.
