Updated to set out the protected period for employees on neonatal care leave, as well as those who have recently returned from a continuous period of six weeks or more neonatal care leave.
This guide highlights the right of employees who have informed their employer that they are pregnant, as well as those who are made redundant during, and for a prescribed period after, certain types of family-friendly leave to be offered suitable alternative employment.
In 2025, HR professionals face the unique challenge of dealing with business-as-usual employment law changes, such as increases in statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay, while also beginning their preparations in earnest for the looming Employment Rights Bill. We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year
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.