Family-friendly rights and support

New and updated

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  Letters and forms

  Redundancy during or after maternity leave: Letter offering suitable alternative vacancy to employee (statutory maternity leave ends on or after 6 April 2024)

  Use this model letter to offer suitable alternative employment to an employee who has been given notice of redundancy during or after maternity leave.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter to employees explaining right to carer's leave from 6 April 2024

  Updated to reflect that the final version of the Carer's Leave Regulations 2024 have been published and come into force on 6 April 2024. 

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  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee postponing requested period of carer's leave

  Updated to reflect that the final version of the Carer's Leave Regulations 2024 have been published and come into force on 6 April 2024. 

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  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee agreeing request for carer's leave

  Updated to reflect that the final version of the Carer's Leave Regulations 2024 have been published and come into force on 6 April 2024. 

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  Letters and forms

  Form for employee to request carer's leave

  Updated to reflect that the final version of the Carer's Leave Regulations 2024 have been published and come into force on 6 April 2024. 

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  Policies and procedures

  Carers policy

  Updated to reflect that the final version of the Carer's Leave Regulations 2024 have been published and come into force on 6 April 2024. 

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  FAQs

  Is an employee who is caring for more than one dependant entitled to two lots of carer's leave?

  Updated to reflect that the right to carer's leave is in force from 6 April 2024.

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  FAQs

  Do employers have to pay employees while they are on statutory carer's leave?

  Updated to reflect that the right to carer's leave is in force from 6 April 2024.

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  FAQs

  How much statutory carer's leave can an employee take?

  Updated to reflect that the right to carer's leave is in force from 6 April 2024.

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  FAQs

  What notice is required to take statutory carer's leave?

  Updated to reflect that the right to carer's leave is in force from 6 April 2024.