Becoming a parent is a life-changing moment, and the right employer support can make all the difference. In 2026, more companies are recognising that supporting parents goes far beyond meeting statutory requirements. Enhanced maternity and paternity leave has become a key factor for working parents who want the time, space and security to focus on their family without compromising their careers.

Enhanced parental leave offers parents the opportunity to take meaningful time away from work during a major life transition. It provides additional paid leave, greater flexibility and peace of mind at a time when support matters most. For many families, this can ease financial pressure, improve wellbeing and create a smoother return to work.

In this blog, we highlight 25 companies offering enhanced maternity and paternity leave in 2026. All of the employers featured are Flexa-verified and are leading the way in supporting parents through generous leave policies, flexible working and family-friendly cultures. If you’re looking for a workplace that genuinely values work–life balance and supports parents at every stage, these companies are a great place to start.

This blog features:

• The top 25 companies offering enhanced maternity and paternity leave in 2026
• Why enhanced paternity leave is important
• How to find family-friendly companies verified by Flexa

Which are the best companies for enhanced maternity and paternity leave in 2026?

1. ClearBank: ClearBank is a fast-growing clearing bank operating entirely in a cloud-based environment.
   👶 Clear bank offer enhanced maternity leave and enhanced paternity leave (6 weeks paid which can be split)
2. EY: At EY, their purpose is to build a better working world. Through the insights and services they provide, EY helps create long-term value for people and society while building trust and confidence in the capital markets.
3. Vodafone: Vodafone is a leading international Telco serving 300 million customers. Their strong belief is that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us.
   👶 Vodafone offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave – 16 weeks (paid) with a phased return to work over 6 months.
4. BT Group: With over 175 years of heritage, BT is the flagship business brand of BT Group. They are a B2B powerhouse serving 1.2 million business customers internationally. 
   👶 BT Group offer enhanced maternity leave – 18 weeks full pay, 8 weeks half pay, 6 months statutory
5. Virgin Media 02: Virgin Media O2 is an award-winning fibre broadband provider and telecommunications company. They manage 47 million UK connections across broadband, mobile, TV, and home phone, with around 18,000 colleagues working hard to provide the best connectivity to our valued customers.
   👶 Virgin Media 02 offer enhanced maternity leave at 26 weeks at full pay and enhanced paternity leave at 14 weeks at full pay.
6. Adaptavist Group: The Adaptavist Group are experts at delivering innovative software, tailored solutions, and quality services across some of the world’s most trusted technology ecosystems, including Atlassian, AWS, Slack, monday.com, Aha!, GitLab, and many more. 
   👶 Adaptavist Group offer enhanced maternity leave at 26 weeks full pay from day 1 and enhanced paternity leave at 12 weeks full pay from day 1.
7. Airbus: Airbus designs, manufactures and delivers industry-leading commercial aircraft, helicopters, military transports, satellites, launchers and more.
8. Atom Bank: Atom are the UK's first app-based bank. They've been making banking as effortless as possible ever since they launched.
   👶 Atom Bank offer enhanced paternity leave which is 4 weeks (inc 2 weeks statutory topped up to full pay).
9. Brit Insurance: Brit is a leading global specialty insurer and reinsurer focused on underwriting complex risks.
   👶 Brit Insurance offer enhanced maternity leave with 26 weeks paid and enhanced paternity leave with 4 weeks paid
10. Camunda: Camunda enables organisations to orchestrate processes across people, systems, and devices to overcome complexity and increase efficiency.
    👶 Employees can take paid parental leave for 20 weeks during the first year of parenthood. If their local laws offer more, they are entitled to that.
11. Hurree: Hurree is the smarter, simpler way to analyze data. Their platform transform complex data into clear, actionable insights, empowering businesses to become their own data analyst.
12. Mars UK: Mars produces some of the world’s best-loved brands. Mars’ team of 140,000+ associates are taking action every day toward the world we want tomorrow.
    👶 Mars offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave with 26 weeks at 90% pay
13. Microsoft: Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organisation on the plant to achieve more.
    👶 Microsoft offer enhanced maternity leave with 26 weeks paid and enhanced paternity leave with 6 weeks paid.
14. Mondelēz International: Mondelēz International is a multinational confectionary, food and beverage company that has been making treats in the UK for nearly two hundred years.
15. MONY Group: MONY Group is the UK’s leading price comparison website - providing free, online tools to help people manage, save and grow their money, by enabling them to compare and switch Insurance, Money and Home products.
16. Mott MacDonald: Mott MacDonald are a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
    👶 Mott MacDonald offer enhanced maternity leave with 26 weeks full pay and enhanced paternity leave with 2 weeks.
17. Peak PEO: A people-led EOR provider, consistently delivering friendly, expert, personalised service and support to clients and their employees.
    👶 Peak PEO offer enhanced maternity leave with 6 months full pay and enhanced paternity leave with 4 months full pay.
18. SAPI: SAPI build, tailor and fund custom financing products. They offer an all-encompassing API for all business credit products. Their mission is to provide liquidity for the global payment ecosystem.
19. TUI Group: TUI Group is a leading global travel and leisure company, with 1,200 travel agencies, around 130 planes, over 400 hotels, 16 cruise liners, various digital platforms for leisure activities, and a team of over 60,000 talented colleagues worldwide. Their passion is making holiday dreams come true for our 21 million customers.
20. Veramed: Veramed is a Clinical Research Organisation. This means they support our biotech and pharmaceutical clients with their clinical studies across the drug development lifecycle.
21. Deliveroo: Deliveroo is an award-winning delivery service founded in 2013 by William Shu and Greg Orlowski.
22. Tombola: Tombola is Britain's biggest online bingo site where players can enjoy unique and award-winning games. 
23. Northern : Northern connect tens of thousands of people in the North of England to work, leisure, education and more every day.
    👶 Northern offers enhanced paternity leave with 2 weeks full pay and enhanced maternity leave with 9 months full pay.
24. MBDA: As a leading company in the defence industry, they deliver essential military capabilities for each branch of the Armed Forces - with specific expertise in missiles and missile systems.
    👶 Enhanced maternity leave offers up to 26 weeks and enhanced paternity leave which is available after 26 weeks service.
25. Anglian Water Services:  Anglian Water Services are building a more resilient future. By 2030, they will have prepared two new reservoirs for construction, and their extended strategic pipeline will ensure the region stays resilient to drought. Every step they take is focused on improving the lives of the people they serve. 
    👶 Anglian Water Services offer employees enhanced paternity leave with 4 weeks full pay and enhanced maternity leave with 26 weeks full pay.