We set out details of 5 developments that could have a
significant impact on HR practice.
1. Shared parental leave and sex discrimination
Is it discriminatory to pay men on shared parental leave
(SPL) less than an enhanced rate paid to women on maternity leave?
No, says the Court of Appeal.
In two separate appeals heard together, the Court of Appeal has
decided that two men, H and A, were not discriminated against when
their respective employers failed to pay enhanced shared parental
pay equivalent to the maternity pay that a woman on maternity leave
for the same period would have received. They brought their claims
on different legal grounds but the result was the same in both
cases.
