Database Updates
All numbers are weeks of fully paid leave
Update 7 - Friday 16th May ‘25
✅ Buckinghamshire New University - 18 Mat, 4 Pat, 18 SPL.
✅ Universal Music Group - 26 Mat, 26 Pat
✅ NEST pensions - 26 Mat, 26 Pat
✅ Publicis Sapient - 26 Mat, 4 Pat, 26 SPL.
✅ Starbucks - 8 plus Mat, 2 Pat
✅ Financial Services Comp Scheme - 26 weeks equal parental leave
✅ LGT Wealth Management - 26 weeks equal parental leave
✅ Ministry of Defence - 26 Mat, 2 Pat, 26 SPL
✅ Havas CX Helia - 26 weeks equal parental leave
✅ Booking.com - 22 weeks equal parental leave .
✅ UBS - 26 Mat, 4 Pat, 26 SPL.
✅ Birdie - 26 Mat, 12 Pat.
✅ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP - 26 plus Mat , 12 Pat.
✅ Sourceful - 12 weeks equal parental leave.
✅ Truelayer - 26 Mat, 12 Pat.
✅ Octopus Energy - 16 plus Mat, 12 Pat.
✅ Monzo Bank - 26 Mat, 13 Pat.
✅ Nvidia - 22 Mat, 12 Pat.
✅ BCB Group - 17 weeks equal parental leave.
Update 6 - Tuesday 6th May ‘25
✅ Thatcham Research - 20 Mat, 6 Pat, 6 SPL.
✅ AFRY Engineering - 16 Mat, 16 Pat.
✅ ClearBank - 26 Mat, 26 SPL.
✅ Adaptavist Group - 26 Mat, 12 Pat.
✅ Camunda - 20 Mat, 20 Pat.
✅ OVO Energy - 26 Mat, 4 Pat.
✅ Motorway - 26 Mat, 4 Pat.
✅ Financial Conduct Authority - 20 Mat, 20 Pat.
✅ Suntory Global Spirits - 26 Mat, 4 Pat.
✅ Oliver Wyman - 26 Mat, 26 Pat.
✅ Brewers Decorator Centre - 6 plus Mat, 2 plus Pat.
✅Herbert Smith Freehills - 24 Mat, 12 Pat, 24 SPL.
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Update 5 - Wednesday 26th March ‘25
✅ 59 new High Education Institutions!
We also added analysis of “equivalent maternity leave.” This allows comparison between differing types of leave offer. We have combined the weeks and rate information to support a different type of benchmark. For instance, 8 weeks at full pay, followed by 12 weeks at 50% pay will show as 14 in the “Mat Equiv” column. This should allow a more nuanced comparison of offers
We now have data of 356 organisations and with your help this number is increasing regularly.
The higher education data update was only possible due the research work by Dr Clare Matysova. You can read more about the HE parental leave landscape in this blog written by Clare.
Update 4 - thursday 6th March ‘25
✅ Bristows - 26 weeks, full pay, Equal Parental Leave.
✅ Brit Insurance - 26 weeks, full pay, Maternity and Shared Parental Leave.
✅ FNZ Group - 26 weeks, full pay, Equal Parental Leave.
✅ TG Lynes -16 weeks full pay Maternity and 2 weeks full pay Paternity leave.
✅ Irwin Mitchell - full pay 26 weeks Maternity, 4 weeks Paternity and 26 weeks Shared Parental Leave.
✅ Selco Builders Merchants, 16 weeks full pay maternity and 2 weeks full pay paternity leave.
✅ Premier Foods - 22 weeks, full pay maternity and 6 weeks full pay paternity
✅ Airbus - full pay - 26 weeks Maternity, 2 weeks Paternity and 12 weeks Shared Parental Leave.
Update 3 - Weds 15th November ‘24
✅ Zoopla - new entry - Maternity = six months of full pay, three months of half pay as well as eight weeks of full pay and four weeks of half pay for fathers.
✅ Brodies LLP - new entry - Maternity, 26 weeks full pay. Paternity 4 weeks full pay after 1 years service and 2 weeks full pay for under 1 years service.
✅ AIG Insurance - new entry - Maternity, 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half. Paternity, 2 weeks full pay, Shared Parental – up to 13 full pay.
✅ Eagley School House Nursery Ltd - new entry - equal pay and leave.
✅ Remote (Payroll Software) - new entry - day 1 eligbility for 16 weeks equal fully paid leave during first year of parenthood.
✅ Juro (Contract Management Software) - new entry - primary caregivers, 16 weeks at full pay + 12 weeks at 50% pay, secondary caregivers, 8 weeks at full pay.
✅ Human Made (Enterprise Wordpress Agency) - new entry - maternity leave 12 weeks+ full pay, paternity leave, 6 weeks full pay.
✅ Contentful (Content Management Systems) - new entry - 4 months equal full pay.
✅ Bumble (Software development) - new entry - 26 weeks paid leave for the primary caregiver. “The secondary caregiver will also receive 26 weeks paid leave after 1 year of employment.”
✅ Nestle - new entry - 18 weeks for primary caregivers and four weeks for secondary caregivers.
Update 2 - Weds 23rd October ‘24
✅ Canada Life - 26 weeks of paid maternity leave or 16 weeks of paid paternity leave.
✅ Circus PPC - 26 weeks, full pay, equal leave.
✅ Department of Education - 28 weeks full pay Maternity, Adoption and SPL + 3 weeks Paternity.
Update 1 - Weds 9th October ‘24
✅ Deloitte - new improved policy - 26 weeks, full pay, equal leave.
✅ Haleon - new entry - 26 weeks, full pay, equal leave.
✅ Browne Jacobson - new entry - equalised leave: 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks at 50%.
✅ Herbert Smith - new entry - co-parent leave has been increased to 12 weeks at full pay.
✅ Bank of London and Middle East - new entry - substantial increase in maternity leave policies.
✅ RWE - new entry - 29 weeks full pay for maternity and adoption. Paternity leave is 12 weeks full pay. If shared parental leave is taken - full pay up to week 29 after the baby’s birth.
