Maternity leave and maternity pay

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• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with the holiday entitlement of an employee taking maternity leave

  Updated to reflect legislation in force from 1 January 2024 confirming that annual leave that cannot be taken due to maternity leave can be carried forward.

• Date:

  13 January 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment law 2023: six key tasks for HR

  We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.

• Date:

  6 December 2022

  Type:

  News

  Statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates to increase 10% in 2023

  The 2023/24 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have been set by the Department for Work and Pensions.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory maternity pay and other family-related statutory pay rates increase

  The weekly rates of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay, statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay increase.

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Check out our meeting/hearing checklists for HR/line managers

  Our popular Policies and documents tool includes a selection of checklists to assist HR and line managers when holding some common meetings or hearings related to a number of key workplace processes.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory maternity pay and other family-related statutory pay rates increase

  The weekly rates of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay, statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay increase.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Supporting employees experiencing pregnancy loss policy

  Enhanced to cover termination for medical reasons (TFMR), including encouraging employees to tell their employer, time off work, and support for partners.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Difficult pregnancies and pregnancy loss: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at four employment tribunal cases in which the claimants successfully argued that they were discriminated against during difficult pregnancies and pregnancy loss.

• Date:

  19 May 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Pregnancy loss: Supporting employees affected by termination for medical reasons

  Pregnancy loss charities have welcomed recent initiatives by some employers to offer paid time off to employees affected by miscarriage or stillbirth. One form of pregnancy loss that is rarely talked about, however, is termination for medical reasons. Jane Fisher takes us through the specific difficulties that can arise and how employers can help.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter informing employee that statutory maternity pay has been recalculated

  A model letter to notify an employee that their maternity pay has been recalculated.