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Fathers and the workplace: Paternal leave improved rights for fathers
...leave and pay with a separate right for fathers to take a period of paternal leave in their own right, without affecting the mother’s entitlements to maternity leave and pay. A period of 12 weeks' lea...
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Employment law reforms one step closer
...leave Under the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill, parents will each be able to take up to 12 weeks' paid leave to enable them to spend more time with their baby if it is receiving neonatal care...
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Number of new and expectant mothers forced to leave jobs has doubled
...leave jobs has doubled The Women and Equalities Committee is calling for improved pregnancy and maternity protections as its new report reveals that the number of new and expectant mothers forced to l...
Coronavirus job retention scheme: more updates
...maternity leave getting Maternity Allowance who agree to be furloughed should tell Jobcentre Plus to stop their Maternity Allowance. You can see the updated guidance here.The government als...
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New legislation on holiday entitlement and pay
...maternity leave or other family leave;their 4 weeks EU based leave where they have been unable to take it due to being on sick leave. However, they must take it within 18 months of the end of the leav...
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Record-breaking £4.5 Million Discrimination Award
...maternity leave not long after her appointment . The award included £56,000 for psychiatric injury and £30,000 for injury to feelings but the bulk of the award was for future loss of earnings (£941,8...
The shift towards 'gender neutral' parenting - HR MAGAZINE
...maternity leave should extend them to men on paternity leave, otherwise it might amount to sex discrimination. This is unless employers can show that such benefits are intended to protect the biologic...
Sacrifice salary for pension contributions - save tax and national insurance contributions
...maternity/paternity leave (where entitlement to statutory payments depends on the level of pay). If you would like to discuss any of these issues in more detail, or would like to discuss pension matt...
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Flexible working requests and indirect discrimination
...maternity leave, she worked full-time, five days a week, on a flexible basis as set out in a rota. While on maternity leave, she made a flexible working request, asking to work part-time, three days a...
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Increase to injury to feelings awards from 6 April 2020
...maternity or other family leave or the exercise of working time rights (including holiday and rest breaks). The same bands are likely to apply in detrimental treatment cases. Employers ne...
Recent Cases
EasyJet rosters indirectly discriminated against breastfeeding mothers
...maternity leave and there were no opportunities to express milk whilst they were on shift. Both employees obtained fitness to work certificates from their GPs, indicating that there was an increased ...
Brexit Bites - Part 6: What’s not changing?
...maternity leave rights. Maintaining EU-derived UK laws is also likely to be a condition securing a favourable trade agreement. In summary, there is likely to be a whole range of employment laws t...
Recent Cases
Successful Appeal Avoided Indirect Sex Discrimination
...maternity leave in September 2009 and on 12 April 2010 submitted a flexible working application to work part-time hours on her return in August. This was rejected on 17 June on the basis that sales ex...
Military reservists returning to work will be eligible for furlough
...maternity and other parental leave. As with that exception, it is likely it will only apply to employers who have previously used the scheme to furlough other employees. Further details will be p...
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Queen’s speech: workplace issues
...maternity leave. The extension is likely to mean the woman will have this right from the moment she informs her employer she is pregnant until six months after the end of her maternity leave. The prev...
Recent Cases
Failing to conduct appropriate risk assessment for breastfeeding mothers is sex discrimination
...maternity leave and constitutes direct sex discrimination. Facts In Ramos v Servicio Galego de Saude, Ms Ramos worked as an accident and emergency nurse. She informed her employer that s...
Egg-freezing: the employment law issues
...maternity leave policy at the same time. Employers, of course, could choose simply to invest in clear communication, mentoring and assessment of employees at all levels, and support for parents of bo...
Job retention scheme: welcome clarifications as HMRC updates guidance again
...maternity and other statutory leave The guidance clarifies that for employees returning from maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption, parental bereavement and sick leave after 28 February 202...
Recent Cases
Employers must be pro-active in enabling staff to take holiday, ECJ rules
...leave year in question, for example due to being on sick leave, maternity leave or because the employer has not provided for paid holiday in the contract. This case appears to extend that principle to...
Flexible furlough – Government provides more detail on how flexible furlough works
...leave (maternity leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, adoption leave, parental bereavement leave) get director’s payments have been transferred under TUPE have been employed at sepa...