Mercer is offering enhanced maternity pay as part of alterations to its shared parental leave policy.
HR teams in different companies may need to cooperate to ensure mothers and fathers are not over using their parental leave rights.
The Liberal Democrats will look at introducing a flat-rate pensions tax relief, expand shared parental leave, consider increasing NI thresholds and commit to 20 hours of free childcare a week for all working parents.
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EY will offer 39 weeks enhanced pay under its enhanced shared parental leave policy.
More than half of company decision makers admit that they believe women of childbearing age are discriminated against because they may have a child in the future.
Labour has pledged to double the paid time that a new father can take off work and increase the statutory pay by £100 per week.
Employment relations minister Jo Swinson has praised employers for introducing enhanced parental packages and pledged to work alongside trade unions to increase shared parental leave take-up.
Two in five fathers will be excluded from the shared parental leave rules mostly as their partner is not in paid work.
Lloyds Banking Group is launching a shared parental leave policy including enhanced pay.