Family-friendly rights and support
While continuing to deal with the impact of coronavirus, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the usual raft of April employment law changes. In April 2021, these changes include the extension of IR35 reforms to the private sector, a tweak to the national minimum wage age bands, and increases to statutory redundancy pay and statutory maternity pay.
Vicki Robinson, deputy director at the Miscarriage Association, and Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, discuss how to support employees affected by miscarriage or stillbirth.
A model letter to respond to an employee who wishes to return to work before the expiry of their full maternity leave period.
A model letter to respond to an employee who wishes to return to work before the expiry of their full adoption leave period.
A model letter to inform an employee of the outcome of request to return to work on a part-time basis following adoption leave.
A model letter to inform an employee of the outcome of their request to return to work on a part-time basis following maternity leave.
A sample version of the MAT B1 maternity certificate that a registered midwife or doctor can give to an employee as evidence of their pregnancy and expected week of childbirth to claim statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance.
An up-to-date, accurate maternity dates calculator. Use this calculator to calculate by when a pregnant employee must provide their official maternity notification and the earliest they can start their maternity leave.
An up-to-date, accurate additional maternity leave end date calculator. Use this calculator to calculate when an employee's maternity leave will end if she takes all her statutory maternity leave entitlement.
An up-to-date, accurate maternity pay eligibility calculator. Use this calculator to calculate if an employee has worked for the organisation for long enough to qualify for statutory maternity pay.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to family-friendly rights and support.