Employing Parents?

A huge proportion of the UK workforce are parents – according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in 2021, 75% of mothers and 92% of fathers were in employment so it’s highly likely that you’re employing parents right now, or will do in the future.

For this reason, and because of changing attitudes towards work-life balance and flexibility, it’s important for you, as an employer, to understand your responsibilities. Not only to create a supportive and family-friendly workplace for parents but also to ensure that you maximise the value working parents add to your business.

This guide will provide you with an overview of everything you need to know about employing parents in the UK, including their rights and entitlements, the benefits of a family-friendly workplace, and tips on how to create a supportive work environment.

To help you understand exactly what it means to hire a parent, and the laws you need to be aware of, I’ve created a complete guide to becoming a family-friendly business. It includes:

To help you resolve workplace conflict with as little disruption as possible, I’ve written a new guide. It explains…

• What it means to be a working parent
• The benefits they can bring to a business
• Employment law considerations
• Different types of parental leave you need to be aware of
• Parental benefits your employees may be entitled to
• The changes your business can make to help parents get back to work