This guide provides managers with advice on how they can help to manage maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal, shared parental, parental leave and parental bereavement leave.
Employees are entitled to leave for a number of different family-related situations, for example maternity or paternity leave. Family leave entitlements are statutory (legally required) but organisations may offer their employees additional enhanced terms, which can be seen as attractive benefits.
While managing family leave arrangements is one of the most common people management issues that your HR department will deal with, it may be less familiar territory for you as a manager.
It’s therefore important to be guided by your HR department, which will have expertise in this area and be up to date with the latest relevant advice and legislation.
Affiliate membership offers instant access to CIPD resources without the need for assessments or study, or explore your options to become a professional member of the CIPD to demonstrate your commitment to the world of work.
Already a member? Login here.
Access the guidance and resources you need to meet the new paternity and unpaid parental leave requirements under the Employment Rights Act 2025
Our Submission to the Department for Business and Trade, Kate Dearden MP and the Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP
Our submission to the Department for Business and Trade, Kate Dearden MP and The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP
The CIPD is calling on the UK Government to reform the parental leave and pay system to provide greater choice, fairness and flexibility for working parents
How to support transgender and non-binary people at work, as part of a broader equality, diversity and inclusion policy
Understand what employers need to do to manage fixed-term contracts within UK law
Practical advice to help employers provide support around menstruation and menstrual health in the workplace