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Maternity Leave: the basic questions answered
This is something that many companies that pay ehanced maternity request as it is an additional payment over and above legislative requirements. Yes, it is lawful, although I would have expected it to be paid back on a sliding scale if the person returns to work but then leaves at some point within the 12 months.
Comment | 13 May 2008
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Maternity Leave: the basic questions answered
To anyone who could advise, My companies maternity policy states that to qualify for EMP the employee must commit to returning to work for a minimum of 12 months. The employee will be required to repay the additional element of the maternity pay over and above SMP in the event that she does not return to work for the required 12 months from the da...
Comment | 12 May 2008
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The Diversity Dilemma
...nd-user' client of the agency, and often working alongside and performing exactly the same duties as employees directly employed by that client, have long been perceived as getting a raw deal as a result of their employment status. For example, they have no right to family-friendly benefits such as maternity leave and pay, no right UPDATE: On 15 October 2009 the Government announced it would delay the introduction of the Agency Workers Directive until the latest date of April 2011, in order to "minimise disruption and give businesses the chance to prepare". 15 Employment update | Legal update hR l...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
...by the House of Lords) interpreting the Working Time Directive relating to annual leave. This decision finally clears up a long standing issue over whether employees who are on long term sickness absence are entitled to accrue holiday. Whilst other workers on long term absence, for example those on maternity leave, have had this right for many years by virtue of the express 10 possible, such protection as is appropriate to safeguard the worker's health and safety. It was common ground that Hughes was a "special case" covered by Regulation 24 of the WTR. He was always required to work during the period...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...llow a sick employee n Nursery owner first to be prosecuted over minimum wage n Man who filed tribunal paperwork 88 seconds late has claim thrown out 16 THE RISING COST OF EMPLOYEES Employing people just got more expensive, with rises in the minimum wage, increased holiday entitlement and extended maternity/paternity rights. Small companies such as care agency Acme Care are now left wondering "how am I going to afford this?" TECHNICAL 32 LEGAL UPDATE In-depth technical guidance on: musculoskeletal disorders, the Single Equality Act, and recovering staff costs in litigation. 24 PREMIUM CONTENT Workpl...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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London’s burning, where’s the engine?
...endments come into force on 1 October they only relate to employees when the expected week of childbirth begins on or after 1 April 2007 or where an adoption placement is expected to occur on or after 1 April 2007. This legislation is part of the Work and Families Bill and will: · extend Statutory Maternity and Adoption paid leave from six to nine months; · Fire law overhaul The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO), the biggest overhaul of fire safety legislation in decades, will come into force on 1 October. The RRO is the biggest single reform of fire safety legislation in nearly 35 years ...
Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2006
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Has the HSE lost its bite?
...e 80dB(A) The second action level will be 85dB(A) There will also be a limit value of 87dB(A), above which no worker can be exposed (taking hearing protection into account). the Work and Families Consultation in October 2005, comes to an end on 18 April 2006. Some of the changes proposed under the Maternity and Adoption Leave Regulations are: · Extension of Statutory Maternity and Adoption paid leave from six to nine months will come into effect for employees where the expected week of childbirth is on or after 6 April 2007. Removal of qualifying criteria for Additional Maternity Leave so that all mo...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2006
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No smoking? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace March 2005 NO SMOKING? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit CODE OF CONDUCT The impact of proposed legislation on commercial leases PREGNANT PAUSE Is the extension of maternity leave a step IDENTITY CRISIS backwards for equal opportunities? The changing face of security PORN AT WORK When does downloading pornographic PLUS: Religion in the workplace, material count as sex discrimination? pensions and TUPE, age discrimination IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2005
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Sweeping changes
...recent provisions allowing employees expecting a baby after 3 April 2011 to take an additional 26 weeks' paid paternity leave (see Issue 54). During its election campaign, the Conservative Party indicated that it would introduce a new system of flexible parental leave, which allows parents to share maternity leave between them. Both Parties agree there should be an increase in the right to request flexible working arrangements. The Government has now indicated that it will follow through on the policy of both parties and extend the right to request flexible working to all employees, consulting with bus...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2010
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
... background to and implications of the Equality Bill. Its overriding purpose is to bring together an enormous plethora of laws, introduced piecemeal over the past 40 years, covering a range of discrimination relating to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy / maternity, race, religion / belief, sex and sexual orientation. What the proposed Bill will or will not achieve is a matter of much debate, not least from Workplace Law Network members who are horrified that the Bill includes the provision to expand the way "positive action can be used so that employers can ...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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2009: new beginnings
...sarily those of the publishers. TuRNING OvER A NEW LEGISLATIvE LEAf 2008 was a year of surprisingly few major changes to workplace legislation. Aside from the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, Energy Performance Certificates, the extension of the Sex Discrimination Act, changes to maternity leave, pre-registration for REACH and alterations to agency worker legislation, developments this year in employment law, health and safety and premises management were mostly minor. 2008, however, was also a year of planning for the future. Despite stating that the end of the era of employment leg...
Magazine issue | 8 Dec 2008
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Reality bites: managing in a recession
... as redundant is not for any discriminatory reason (or any of the 15 or so reasons which would make their dismissal automatically unfair). Consider 'bumping' (offering the employee less senior positions, whether vacant or not). Remember to consult with employees who are away from work e.g. those on maternity leave or long term sick. Keep the emails or notes that record your efforts to find suitable alternative employment and remember that women on maternity leave have priority for available jobs. Give affected employees the opportunity to apply for all vacancies, not just those at a similar grade. Foll...
Magazine issue | 6 Nov 2008
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Euromillions
...ficate is made available in electronic format and is reasonably accessible to relevant employees. 15626 NOVEmBER Tiers two (skilled workers) and five (youth, mobility and temporary workers) of the Government's new points-based immigration system are due to be phased in this month. 15082 5 october maternity rights will change for employees whose babies are expected on or after 5 October 2008. Employees on additional maternity or adoption leave are entitled, like employees taking ordinary leave, to the benefit of all the non-remuneration terms and conditions of employment that would have applied if the...
Magazine issue | 2 Oct 2008
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Identity charade
...hnical progress (ATp) to the Dangerous preparations Directive (DpD), which adjusts the `rules' for classifying and labelling preparations (mixtures) of chemicals based on the classification of the constituent substances and their concentrations in the preparation, comes into force. 15974 5 october maternity rights will change for employees whose babies are expected on or after 5 October 2008. The changes relate mainly to employment rights, in particular nonpaid rights. 15946 The rules requiring an employer to display an employers' liability insurance certificate will be changed so that the requirem...
Magazine issue | 3 Sep 2008
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Employment law is changing - but don't tell anyone how
...ars now, both federal and state discrimination complaint procedures have included the use of mediation which is increasingly popular with both sides. Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA): requires employers to allow employees minimal time off without threat of job loss to attend to family medical needs: maternity, paternity, leave or time to attend to a sick child or parent for example. Disputes arising under the FMLA can be submitted to the US Department of Labor for resolution or the employer can be sued in court. Most unionised employees' contracts include an agreement that the employer will comply with ...
Magazine issue | 13 May 2008
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Mug’s game? Excessive risk aversion
... culture in a lot of organisations that you have to be there, be seen to be there, and work late." Her view is echoed by employment law specialist John Macmillan, a Partner at MacRoberts. "The nine to five is going to be alive and well for quite a while yet. The one exception is with returners from maternity leave, and the issue there is not to do with the working day, but whether they work the whole week." But will general cultural change lead to further changes in the laws regarding working practices, or vice versa? There is a symbiotic relationship between the two, says Jones. "The law changes the c...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2006
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Licence to… protect your workplace?
... tribunal process. Nick Jordan considers the important issues that employers need to take into account when offering car parking facilities. LEGAL UPDATE Case law 24 Legal experts offer their advice to employers on the implications of recent case law. Clinic 31 What should I do if an employee on maternity leave wants to return to a much lesser role and pay? Technical guidance 26 Analysis 34 P24 In-depth legal guidance on: damages in the Employment Tribunal: Polkey reductions; Construction Industry Scheme: gearing up for changes; and References and the law: employers' duties. Attitudes to age in ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006
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H5N1 Bird Flu: Are you playing chicken with your company’s future?
... lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium and both polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants. 18th The DTI's consultation on draft regulations that are part of the Work and Families Bill ends on 18 April. The draft regulations being consulted on are Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2006; Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2006; and Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006. One of the main provisions would extend paid maternity leave to nine weeks. 6713 August The Discrimi...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2006
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Old git, or still work fit?
...request to work beyond retirement require employers to inform employees in writing, at least six months in advance, of their intended retirement date include provisions relating to service related benefits and occupational pensions. The regulations also remove the age limits for statutory sick pay, maternity pay, adoption pay and paternity pay · · · · · Benefits based on a length of service requirement of five years or less will be exempt from the regulations, and can continue. Occupational pensions are covered by the regulations, as are employer contributions to personal pensions. However, t...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006
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Playing with numbers: TUPE special issue
...en the Government introduces new employment legislation (the other is October). Changes coming into effect this spring include: · The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 will come into effect for those undertakings with 150 employees or more · The standard rate of statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay will rise · Part 1 of the Employment Relations Act 2004 will be brought into force · The Transfer of Employment (Pension Protection) Regulations will come into effect · Changes to the National Minimum Wage Amendment Regulations will be implemented · Homeworkers will ...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2005
