Time off work

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Bereaved partner's paternity leave policy

  Use our template wording to create your organisation’s bereaved partner’s paternity leave policy, now that the Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 have been published in final form. The new right will come into force on 6 April 2026.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Statutory parental bereavement pay

  Updated to include the statutory parental bereavement pay rates in force from 5 April 2026. Employers should review payroll, update relevant policies and check eligible employees are paid correctly.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Facilities and time off for trade union duties and activities agreement

  Updated to reflect that public-sector employers no longer have to publish facility time under changes brought in by the Employment Rights Act 2025, effective from 18 February 2026. 

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Time off for health and safety representatives policy

  Updated to reflect that public-sector employers no longer have to publish facility time under changes brought in by the Employment Rights Act 2025, effective from 18 February 2026. 

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Time off for trade union learning representatives policy

  Updated to reflect that public-sector employers no longer have to publish facility time under changes brought in by the Employment Rights Act 2025, effective from 18 February 2026. 

• Date:

  13 February 2026

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment Rights Act 2025: 10 key policies employers need to revamp

  Updated to detail the number of employment law reforms in the 289 pages of the Employment Rights Act.

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with time off for trade union representatives

  Updated to reflect that public-sector employers no longer have to publish facility time, under changes brought in by the Employment Rights Act 2025 from 18 February 2026; and that employers will have a duty to provide facilities to union representatives and time off for union equality representatives in measures expected to come into force in October 2026. 

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Paternity leave a day-one right for bereaved partners

  Updated to reference secondary legislation that is paving the way for the introduction of paternity bereavement leave.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Parental bereavement leave

  Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory right to bereavement leave

  Updated to confirm that this measure is due to come into effect in 2027, according to the Government's updated timeline.