Weekly dilemma: Bank holiday pay during maternity leave

Joy Andrews of Bates, Wells & Braithwaite explains whether employees have the right to be paid or given time off in lieu for bank holidays that fall during their maternity leave.

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Weekly dilemma: Maternity and paternity leave  Kerstie Skeaping of Halliwells looks at employers' maternity and paternity leave obligations to staff with an expected week of childbirth beginning on or after 1 April 2007.

Work and Families Act 2006: what employers need to know  Michael Rubenstein, co-editor of IRS journal Equal Opportunities Review, provides guidance on the Work and Families Act 2006, which includes provisions to extend paid maternity and adoption leave and give carers of adults the right to request flexible working.

Topic of the week: Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2006  Leigh Dewdney of Osborne Clarke looks at the maternity provisions contained in the Regulations.

Maternity leave; statutory maternity pay; and maternity allowance XpertHR's statutory rates section provides an overview of maternity rights.