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paternity leave
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Pannone Corporate News and Opinion
New employment laws come into force in biggest overhaul of workers’ rights in a generation
New employment laws come into force today [Monday, 6 April], as part the ‘biggest upgrade in workers’ rights in a generation’. From today, North West businesses will face a raft…
Legal Bites
Is It Time for a Paternity Leave Law in India? Supreme Court Flags Concern
The Supreme Court of India, in Hamsaanandini Nanduri v. Union of India & Ors. (2026), delivered a significant judgment examining the scope and constitutional validity of maternity benefits for adoptive…
Global Workplace Insider
Commencement of The Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act and Associated Regulations
On 15th December 2025, the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024 (Commencement) Regulations 2025 were passed, bringing the whole of the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024 (the Bereavement Act) into force…
Employee Rights Blog
Paternity Leave in Ontario: A Must-Read for New Dads
When a new baby arrives, by birth or adoption, both parents are entitled to time off work to bond with their child and adjust to new family responsibilities. While maternity…
Employment & Labor
Paternity Leave is Immensely Important but Rare in the US
By K.O. Herston
Spending quality time with a newborn can shape new fathers' brains and have a lasting impact on their parenting instincts, new research shows.
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Legislative Updates From Singapore: Paternity Leave, Infant Care, and Discrimination
By By: Eric M. Lee, Patty Shapiro
Quick Hits New Singaporean employment laws are in effect or will take effect this year. A new law extends the paid paternity leave benefit for two additional weeks, bringing the…
Employment Law Watch
Paternity leave changes on the horizon in the UK
By David Ashmore, Alison Heaton
Paternity leave has not been forgotten in the swathe of family related legislative changes taking effect in April 2024. However, anyone hoping for significant changes will be disappointed. The changes…
Global Workplace Insider
Proposed new paternity leave regulations
On 11 January 2023, the government published draft regulations to make changes to paternity leave legislation which will provide fathers and partners with greater flexibility when taking their paternity leave…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Steel Co. Expected to Settle Paternity Leave Suit for $5M
By Anne Hall
Gerdau Macsteel Inc. has agreed to settle a paternity leave case that could cost the steel manufacturer as much as $5 million. After Gerdau denied Nicholas Johnson, a non-union employee,…
Achkar Law Blog
Paternity Leave Ontario Explained
In Ontario, parents have the opportunity to take a job-protected leave of absence, commonly known as “parental leave,” following the birth or adoption of their child. Paternity leave, specifically designed…