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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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Reasonable adjustments: no need to show adjustment will work
...maternity leave her error rate rose due, she claimed, to the change in supervisor. The Trust began a formal review procedure at the end of which it dismissed her on grounds of capability. She claime...
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Employers do not have to provide childcare vouchers during maternity leave
...maternity leave The EAT has ruled that employers who provide childcare vouchers under a salary sacrifice arrangement are not obliged to provide them during maternity leave. Speedread Employers who p...
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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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No TUPE Transfer For Employee on Long Term Sick Leave
...Leave An employee on long term sick leave who was not expected to return to work did not transfer to a new service provider under TUPE. Speedread An employee on long term sick leave who was not exp...
Flexible maternity and paternity leave: Getting it right - as published in Edge online
...maternity leave doesn’t generally constitute unlawful direct discrimination against men. If, however, the woman is on some other form of parental leave (not maternity leave), the benefit will have to ...
Tina Wisener: Netflix premieres 12 months paid parental leave for all, but can UK employers pick and choose who gets it? - as published in HR review
...maternity leave, as preferential treatment of women on maternity leave does not generally amount to unlawful discrimination against men. If the woman is not on maternity leave, but some other form of ...
Could Netflix-style unlimited parental leave work for employers? - as published in Personnel Today
...maternity leave, as preferential treatment of women on maternity leave does not generally amount to unlawful direct discrimination against men. Such a policy could be indirectly discriminatory, but po...
Flexible Working – The 21st Century’s answer to the 9 to 5
...maternity leave. Over time the right was extended so that parents of children up to 18 years and those caring for adult carers became eligible. The biggest leap was made in 2014 with a new code of...
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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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Redundancy and Maternity Leave: Extent of Obligation to Offer Alternative Employment
...Maternity Leave: Extent of Obligation to Offer Alternative Employment Failure to offer a suitable alternative vacancy to a redundant employee who was on maternity leave did not necessarily amount to d...
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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...
Egg-freezing: the employment law issues
...maternity leave policy at the same time. Employers, of course, could choose simply to invest in clear communication, mentoring and assessment of employees at all levels, and support for parents of bo...
What freezing eggs really means for women and employers - as published in HR review
...maternity benefits. What happens when it goes wrong? Freezing eggs is a very big decision for a woman to make and can have serious repercussions. Experts continuously disagree about the ideal age to ...
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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...
Y is there a problem? - as published in New Law Journal
...leave which becomes available in April 2015. Shared parental leave gives both parents the opportunity to share up to 12 months of leave in relation to the birth or adoption of a child. Both parents wi...
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Failure to Pay Enhanced Pay to Man on Additional Paternity Leave Not Discrimination
...leave, even though it paid full pay to women on maternity leave. In Shuter v Ford Motor Co, Ford’s maternity policy provided women on maternity leave with full pay for up to 52 weeks. Its additional...