Who is it for?

This session is designed to provide HR professionals, school leaders, and line managers with clear, practical guidance to ensure compliance while supporting working parents effectively and fairly.

Briefing Overview

The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces important reforms to paternity leave, strengthening protections for working families and increasing flexibility for new parents.

This focused briefing will explore the key legislative changes to paternity leave, including eligibility, timing, notice requirements, and enhanced protections, and will examine how these reforms interact with other family-friendly rights such as maternity leave, adoption leave, shared parental leave, and parental bereavement leave.

We will also consider the practical implications for employers, including policy updates, workforce planning, payroll considerations, and managing overlapping entitlements. Particular attention will be given to ensuring consistency across family-friendly policies and avoiding unintended discrimination risks.

This session is designed to provide HR professionals, school leaders, and line managers with clear, practical guidance to ensure compliance while supporting working parents effectively and fairly.

Session Aims

1. To understand the changes to statutory paternity leave under the Employment Rights Act 2025, including eligibility, notice requirements, timing and enhanced protections.
2. To explore the wider impact of these reforms on existing family-friendly policies, ensuring alignment across maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and other related entitlements.
3. To equip leaders and HR professionals with practical steps for implementation, including policy updates, risk management, workforce planning and avoiding discrimination pitfalls.

Date and Time

• Wednesday 18th March 2026 at 3.45pm - 4.30pm

Location

• This course will be run remotely via Zoom.

Cost

The cost of this briefing is £30 plus VAT per person for Employment Law and HR Clients and £45 plus VAT per person for non - Employment Law and HR Clients.

How to book

Click HERE to register your place on this course or the BOOK NOW button at the top of the page.  If you have any questions about this course please contact us via phone 0345 548 7000 (opt 1, then 2) or email: hrtraining@judicium.com.