Commentary and insights

All items: Compassionate leave and bereavement leave

  • Employment Rights Bill: 10 key policies employers must revamp

    Date:
    6 December 2024

    The Employment Rights Bill packs 28 imposing employment law reforms into its 158 pages. While HR professionals await the substantive details needed to flesh out the Bill, we outline the key policies that you will need to update and an overview of what those updates might involve.

  • Employment Rights Bill published: 10 highlights for HR from the first draft

    Date:
    11 October 2024

    After months of waiting, the Government has finally published the first draft of its wide-ranging Employment Rights Bill, which will make radical changes to employment law in the next few years. Now that the Employment Rights Bill has begun its progress through Parliament, we highlight the key points from the first draft for HR professionals.

  • Coronavirus: How HR can help after the death of an employee

    Date:
    9 April 2020

    When an employee dies, HR needs to ensure that the news is communicated sensitively and managers support their teams as they grieve. This will be more difficult than ever during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Jo Faragher shares some expert guidance.

  • Parental bereavement leave: Eight key points to help HR prepare

    Date:
    31 January 2020

    Regulations introducing parental bereavement leave and pay from April 2020 have been laid before Parliament. Now that more details are available on parental bereavement leave, what do employers need to know about how the new statutory right will work?

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