Time off work

New and updated

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  FAQs

  What notice is required to take statutory carer's leave?

  Updated to reflect that the right to carer's leave is in force from 6 April 2024.

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  FAQs

  Who is eligible for statutory carer's leave?

  Updated to reflect that the right to carer's leave is in force from 6 April 2024.

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  FAQs

  Can an employer require any evidence from an employee who requests to take statutory carer's leave?

  Updated to reflect that the right to carer's leave is in force from 6 April 2024.

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  FAQs

  Can an employer refuse an employee's request to take statutory carer's leave?

  Updated to reflect that the right to carer's leave is in force from 6 April 2024.

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  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.

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  Contract clauses

  Facilities and time off for trade union duties and activities agreement

  Updated to reflect the publication of draft regulations affecting check-off in the public sector, due to come into force on 9 May 2024.

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  Policies and procedures

  Fertility treatment policy

  A model policy to set out any time off that your organisation grants to employees who are undergoing fertility treatment and explains the support available to them.

• 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:

  Legal timetable

  Parental bereavement leave introduced in Northern Ireland

  Parental bereavement leave and pay is introduced in Northern Ireland. The right is available to qualifying bereaved parents whose child dies, or is stillborn after 24 weeks of pregnancy, on or after 6 April 2022.

• 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.