Time off work

New and updated

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  Tasks

  Decide the organisation's policy on compassionate leave

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  FAQs

  What requirements are there on an employee to inform the employer that they are taking time off for dependants?

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  Tasks

  Manage a request for time off for antenatal care

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  Employment law cases

  Time off for dependants: tribunal considers reasonableness of six absences totalling seven days in 12 months

  The employment tribunal held that a mother's six absences totalling seven days in a 12-month period constituted a "reasonable" amount of time off for dependants under s.57A of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

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  FAQs

  What should an employer consider when arranging cover for an employee on jury service?

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  Policies and procedures

  Jury service policy

  A model policy to set out the rights of employees who have been summoned for jury service, including time off work and entitlement to pay.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter confirming employee's time off for jury service

  A model letter confirming an employee has been granted time off for jury service.

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  FAQs

  Are magistrates entitled to time off work to carry out their public duties?

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  FAQs

  Are local authority councillors entitled to time off to carry out their functions?

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  FAQs

  How much time off must an employer give an employee to carry out their public duties?