Shared parental leave ‘a challenge’ say 40% of HR professionals
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Two-fifths of HR professionals see shared parental leave as a key challenge their organisation will need to face within the next three to six months, according to research by manufacturers' organisation EEF.
It said: "The news comes as HR teams across the UK start to gear up for the imminent change in legislation, which will see shared parental leave become a reality from April this year. As a result, HR practitioners rank shared parental leave as a bigger challenge in 2015 than improving attendance and performance, managing change and equal pay issues."
Under the new rules, parents will be able to share up to 50 weeks leave between them. They can take this at the same time or separately and can choose to intersperse periods of work and leave.
EEF legal compliance expert Lucy Atherton said: "Shared parental leave is a fantastic opportunity for companies to promote a more gender-neutral approach to work-life balance, but as with anything new and unknown, it's not without its challenges."
EEF is running a series of seminars across the UK, called 'Shared parental leave – who's holding the baby?' See - http://bit.ly/1y135Sp
