Employee rights | What rights do staff have while on parental leave?

Juggling work and parenting can be a difficult task, therefore some employees opt to take parental leave. Whether this is in the form of maternity, paternity, paid adoptive leave or shared parental leave (SPL), there are many options for new parents to consider.

But even if they do take a break from their career to raise a child, they won’t want to be treated any differently – and neither should they.

Despite this, HR Grapevine recently reported on a new mother who was ‘excluded’ from the office Christmas party last year.

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Family first | Employee's difficult choice between family & career

Taking to Mumsnet, user Cosmogirl86 claimed she wasn’t invited to her work Christmas party while she was on maternity leave – and was only made aware after a friend in the office told her.