Managing employees/workers

New and updated

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Form to provide notice of entitlement and intention to take neonatal care leave (adoption within UK)

  The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this form from the previous draft version.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Form to provide notice of entitlement and intention to take neonatal care leave (adoption from overseas)

  The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this form from the previous draft version.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Form to provide notice of entitlement and intention to take neonatal care leave (birth)

  The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this form from the previous draft version.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter reminding mother on maternity leave of entitlement to accrued neonatal care leave

  The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this letter from the previous draft version.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee who is father/partner acknowledging child is in neonatal care and explaining right to neonatal care leave

  The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this letter from the previous draft version.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to mother on maternity leave acknowledging child is in neonatal care and explaining right to neonatal care leave

  The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this letter from the previous draft version.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Neonatal care leave policy (adoption)

  The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this policy from the previous draft version.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Neonatal care leave policy (birth)

  The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this policy from the previous draft version.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Neonatal care leave and pay

  Updated to reflect that the Regulations setting out the detail of neonatal care leave and pay have been finalised. 

• Date:

  24 March 2025

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  April 2025 employment law changes: Five-point checklist for HR

  While the introduction of neonatal care leave and pay is the key change for HR professionals to get to grips with, there are other employment law changes in April 2025. These include increases to the national minimum wage rates; a rise in statutory redundancy pay; and the uprating of statutory sick pay and family-related pay.