Family-friendly rights and support
Updated to reflect the statutory paternity pay rate in force from 6 April 2025.
Updated to reflect the statutory maternity pay rate in force from 6 April 2025.
Updated to set out the protected period for employees on neonatal care leave, as well as those who have recently returned from a continuous period of six weeks or more neonatal care leave.
This guide highlights the right of employees who have informed their employer that they are pregnant, as well as those who are made redundant during, and for a prescribed period after, certain types of family-friendly leave to be offered suitable alternative employment.
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.
Updated to include new details on neonatal care leave (for a child born on or after 6 April 2025).
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.
Updated to reflect an employee's entitlement to neonatal care leave from 6 April 2025.
Updated to reflect an employee's entitlement to neonatal care leave for babies born on or after 6 April 2025.
Enhanced with additional information on how employers can support employees who are experiencing menopausal symptoms, including adopting the BS 30416 - Menstruation, Menstrual Health and Menopause in the Workplace guidance and toolkit.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to family-friendly rights and support.