Family-friendly rights and support
To help HR professionals to prepare for the new right to take additional time off if their child requires neonatal care, this webinar guides you through how this new type of statutory leave will operate in practice and the impact it will have on how employers support the parents of premature or ill babies.
A new right for parents to take up to 12 weeks' neonatal care leave if their baby requires medical or palliative care is introduced on 6 April 2025. Now that the Government has published the remaining legislation needed to bring the new right into force, we set out what HR professionals need to know about neonatal care leave.
Increases to family-related statutory pay rates.
The 2025-26 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have been published by the Government.
Almost one in six 'sandwich carers' find it difficult to cope financially and a high proportion are on low incomes, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
In this webinar, Brightmine legal editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed explain what the changes are going to be, what employers can do now to begin preparing and the potential timelines for implementation.
The first draft of the Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October - just ahead of 100 days into the new Labour Government. We take an early look at how HR is reacting to the changes included in the Bill.
Enhanced with insights from the 2024 Brightmine maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay research.
Enhanced with insights from the 2024 Brightmine maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay research.
Yes. An employee who has "no recourse to public funds" because of their immigration status will be entitled to statutory family-related pay and statutory sick pay, provided that ...
HR and legal information and guidance relating to family-friendly rights and support.