Shared Parental Leave – are HR managers prepared for modern working dads?
Next month, Shared Parental Leave (SPL) takes effect for parents of babies due on or after 5 April 2015 and parents of a child placed for adoption on or after that date. It will allow new parents more flexibility in terms of which parent takes leave and when in the 52 weeks after birth/adoption. It sounds simple, but the detail is far more complex and its impact could catch employers out if more ‘dads’ take up the opportunity to have increased child rearing responsibilities in the first year after birth/adoption.According to employment lawyers at top ten Scottish law firm, Morton Fraser