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Taylor Review Good Work Report Published
...leave should have the right to return to the same or a similar job;The rules on continuity of employment should be changed so that continuity of service is only broken by a break in service of a month...
Brexit Bites - Part 6: What’s not changing?
...maternity leave rights. Maintaining EU-derived UK laws is also likely to be a condition securing a favourable trade agreement. In summary, there is likely to be a whole range of employment laws t...
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Tackling gender inequality: Government Equalities Office outlines plans
...maternity leave, following its consultation on this issue. How will the government address shared parental leave and pay? The Government’s review of shared parental leave and pay is currently ...
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Government confirms new right to neonatal care leave and pay
...leave will be taken after maternity and paternity leave. The Government is still considering how the leave will interact with other forms of family leave, such as shared parental leaveIn terms of noti...
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - what you need to know
...leave? Employees on unpaid leave cannot be furloughed, unless they were placed on unpaid leave after 28 February. Employees on sick leave? Employees on sick leave or self-isolating should get Statu...
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Increase to injury to feelings awards from 6 April 2020
...maternity or other family leave or the exercise of working time rights (including holiday and rest breaks). The same bands are likely to apply in detrimental treatment cases. Employers ne...
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Lukewarm response from Government to Fathers and the workplace report
...leave entitlement? The Committee recommended replacing shared parental leave and pay with a separate right for fathers to take 12 weeks' paternal leave, paid at 90% of salary for four weeks, with the...
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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...
Getting girls on top: Three ways to resolve gender inequality at work
...leave. Enhancing shared parental pay to the same level as maternity pay could encourage more fathers to take leave, enabling more women to return earlier should they wish. Fathers also fear th...
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Failure to enhance pay for man seeking shared parental leave was direct sex discrimination
...leave can only compare himself with a woman on shared parental leave, not a woman on maternity leave. On that basis there was no less favourable treatment as men and women on shared parental leave we...
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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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Employee who Applied for Voluntary Redundancy had to Repay Company Loan
...maternity pay if they do not return for a specified length of time. It is important that these agreements deal expressly with the circumstances in which repayment will be required, as this will help t...
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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...
Recent Cases
EasyJet rosters indirectly discriminated against breastfeeding mothers
...maternity leave and there were no opportunities to express milk whilst they were on shift. Both employees obtained fitness to work certificates from their GPs, indicating that there was an increased ...
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Discriminatory shared parental pay policy: father awarded £27,000 compensation
...leave policy provided enhanced pay for mothers, primary adopters and first surrogate parents on shared parental leave. They could receive up to 26 weeks’ full pay, followed by 13 weeks’ paid at the s...