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Family-friendly rights and support

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  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter to mother on maternity leave acknowledging child is in neonatal care and explaining right to neonatal care leave

    The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this letter from the previous draft version.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Neonatal care leave policy (adoption)

    The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this policy from the previous draft version.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Neonatal care pay

    The final version of the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this guide from the previous draft version.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Neonatal care leave policy (birth)

    The final versions of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 have been published. There are no changes in this policy from the previous draft version.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Neonatal care leave

    The final version of the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 has been published. There are no changes in this guide from the previous draft version.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Neonatal care leave and pay

    Updated to reflect that the Regulations setting out the detail of neonatal care leave and pay have been finalised. 

  • Date:
    24 March 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2025 employment law changes: Five-point checklist for HR

    While the introduction of neonatal care leave and pay is the key change for HR professionals to get to grips with, there are other employment law changes in April 2025. These include increases to the national minimum wage rates; a rise in statutory redundancy pay; and the uprating of statutory sick pay and family-related pay.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Statutory shared parental pay

    Updated to reflect the statutory shared parental pay rate in force from 6 April 2025. 

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Statutory adoption pay

    Updated to reflect the statutory adoption pay rate in force from 6 April 2025.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Statutory paternity pay

    Updated to reflect the statutory paternity pay rate in force from 6 April 2025. 

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HR and legal information and guidance relating to family-friendly rights and support.