Family-friendly rights and support
Updated to include information on parental bereavement leave and pay, in force from 6 April 2020.
A model letter to advise an employee who has suffered a stillbirth after 24 weeks' pregnancy of their entitlements in respect of maternity leave, parental bereavement leave and sickness absence.
A model letter to advise an employee whose baby has died after birth of their entitlements in respect of maternity leave, parental bereavement leave and sickness absence.
Updated with a new section within the letter to cover parental bereavement leave.
Updated with a new section within the letter to cover parental bereavement leave.
A table summarising employees' entitlement to ordinary and additional statutory maternity leave.
Consultant editor Darren Newman examines the recent Court of Appeal decision that puts paid - for now at least - to the argument that employers that offer enhanced maternity pay must offer the equivalent for employees on shared parental leave.
Issues that can arise during maternity leave range from the mundane, such as keeping lines of communication open, to the dramatic, such as putting an employee at risk of redundancy. We discuss common scenarios during maternity leave, and how to deal with them.
In Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd; Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall, the Court of Appeal rejected sex discrimination claims brought by male staff against employers that enhance maternity pay but not shared parental pay.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to family-friendly rights and support.