Family-friendly rights and support
A model letter to explain to managers the right to shared parental leave.
A model letter explaining to employees the right to shared parental leave.
Use this pregnancy and maternity flowchart when you have an employee who is a new mother or breastfeeding.
Use this pregnancy and maternity flowchart when an employee informs you that they are pregnant.
Use this adoption flowchart when an employee informs you that they have been matched with a child for adoption.
Use this paternity flowchart when an employee informs you that they plan to take paternity leave in respect of a new baby that is expected shortly.
Use this paternity flowchart when an employee informs you that they plan to take paternity leave in respect of a newly adopted child that is expected to be placed with the employee and their partner shortly.
Lockdown has brought many challenges for employers and employees alike - not least those who have had to juggle their day-to-day work with home schooling a child or caring for another dependant. Graham Brown takes a look at ways in which employers can help support working carers and parents.
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.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to family-friendly rights and support.