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Fathers cannot take maternity leave as they can't birth a child, and the birth mother is still entitled to it so cannot sign it over.

Surrogate parent/s need to apply for a parental order to obtain parental rights if they are genetically related…

I honestly don't know Andre....again I think it would depend on how it manifests itself during conversations. I think I am the sort of person who would be very upfront if I wasnt NT and say "I have autism/aspergers/tourettes etc so if I say something…

My (less insightful and possibly blunt) view is that *some* soft skills can be learned by experience, eg if I wrongly judge a situation to be humourous, and am met with the hairy eyeball, I'm mindful that in a similar situation to pause and ' read the…

You can.....but I personally wouldn't, for a number of reasons.

The jump from L3 to L5 is very big in itself, in terms of both content and how to produce the assignments. I thought L3 was a total waste of my time (not in a cocky way, just because…

Grim.

My first thought too was is this a new thing or have they always been like this and I can see that they have indeed always been like this, so as the new HR person people are crying out to you for help as nothings been done about it before (effectively…

Looks like its happening to a few people? uk.trustpilot.com/.../www.indeed.com

Wonder if they think you're a recruitment business?

I feel your pain.

I'm doing RST now as I type, second to last assignment, and just feel like winging my laptop out of the window and giving up, I want my life back!

No real advice as Im currently in my 2nd year of what should be a year long course…

Hi Caitlin

I agree with Robey, obviously it depends on how your company is set up but I'd personally not expect a lot of hands-on HR involvement only 1 year in at HR Admin level in a large company with its own Site HR Advisors.

Bear in mind this…

Morning Georgia

For me it would depend on how much I wanted to pursue a HR career and if I could still be involved in personnel issues (as some office manager roles do) as a bit of an insurance policy for the future, as those aspects can be highlighted…

I think positive discrimination, and forcing employers to hire people who have been unsuccessful x number of times (or whatever the model would be) are different things.

If employers are forced to hire people they don't want they will simply exit them…