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Party manifestos: workplace issues
...leave for neonatal care Make it easier for fathers to take paternity leaveFund more high-quality childcare before and after school and during the holidays Encourage flexible working and cons...
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Share the joy: Bill extending shared parental leave and pay to self-employed
...leave and pay to self-employed Labour MP, Tracy Brabin, is hoping to extend shared parental leave and pay to self-employed contractors. The MP presented the Shared Parental Leave and Pay ...
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Flexible working affects mums’ ability to progress their career
...maternity leave felt that they might not return to work. What makes a family friendly company? The survey asked what factors make a ‘family friendly company’. Highest rated were: flexib...
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Labour’s 2017 Election Manifesto – For the Many, Not the Few
...leave to four weeks and extend the period of maternity pay to 12 months (from 39 weeks). It will extend the 30 hours of free childcare to include all two year olds (and consult on extending childcare ...
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“Change Britain’s Future”: the Liberal Democrats' 2017 Manifesto
...leave and shared parental leave “day one rights” (currently 26 weeks’ service is required); introduce an additional one month “use it or lose it” period of shared parental leave for fathers; fun...
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Statutory Payments to Increase from April 2017
...maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave increases to £140.98 per week with effect from 2 April. For full details, together with the annual changes to compensation limits, see o...
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Government rejects call for better pregnancy and maternity protection
...maternity leave. The Committee also called for the extension of maternity–related rights to workers, including the right to paid time off for antenatal appointments. The Government indicated that th...
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Gender Pay Gap Reporting Obligations in Force from April
...maternity, other parental leave or sick leave must be excluded. This addresses the concern that pay gap figures will be skewed if an employer has a lot of female employees on maternity leave on the s...
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Number of new and expectant mothers forced to leave jobs has doubled
...leave jobs has doubled The Women and Equalities Committee is calling for improved pregnancy and maternity protections as its new report reveals that the number of new and expectant mothers forced to l...
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Gender Pay Reporting Obligations: Timescale and Further Details Now Confirmed
...leave, maternity and sick pay, area allowances, shift premium pay, bonus pay and other pay (including car allowances paid through the payroll, on call and standby allowances, clothing, first aider an...
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Adoption Leave and Pay Changes: Employer’s Technical Guidance
...leave Brought statutory adoption pay into line with statutory maternity pay by increasing the rate for the first six weeks to 90% of earnings Extend the right to adoption leave and pay to parents wh...
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Election Manifestos: Issues for Employers
...Leave, introducing an extra “use it or lose it” month for fathers to encourage them to take time off with their children. Their ambition is to see paternity leave and shared parental leave as “day on...
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April 2015 Changes in Employment Law
...leave will be available in respect of children due to be born or placed for adoption on or after 5 April 2015. At the same time, additional paternity leave and pay will be abolished in respect of bab...
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Online Tool for Calculating Entitlement to Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave
...Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has launched an online calculator which enables employees to work out if they qualify for maternity, p...
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Parental Leave Extension
...Leave Extension The right to take unpaid parental leave is being extended from 5 April 2015. Currently parents can take up to 18 weeks’ unpaid time off per child for the purpose of caring for that ch...
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Shared Parental Leave and Pay: Employers’ Technical Guide Published
...leave and pay system works; details of eligibility criteria; an explanation of how to end maternity or adoption leave or pay in order to enter the shared parental leave system; details of how shar...
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Children and Families Act 2014 Receives Royal Assent
...leave and pay, which allows a mother to bring her maternity leave to an end and opt into the shared parental leave system and share leave with the child’s father, is expected to come into force where ...
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Shared Parental Leave and Pay: Draft Regulations Published
...maternity or adoption leave. Maternity Leave and Adoption Leave (Curtailment of Statutory Rights to Leave) Regulations 2014 These Regulations set out how maternity and adoption leave can be brought ...
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Shared Parental Leave to be Extended to Grandparents
...Leave to be Extended to Grandparents The Government has announced that it will extend shared parental leave and pay to working grandparents by 2018. It will consult on the detail of its proposal in t...