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Maternity leave, Flexible working and holiday entitlement
It often does become complicated when employees change their working arrangements on return from maternity leave, but it is important that they should not suffer any detriment. Your employee has accrued an entitlement to 18 days leave while full time and therefore that entitlement remains intact. If she has not already returned to work, then the easiest solution is for her to return to annual leave init...
Comment | 26 Jul 2006
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Maternity leave: What is the same job?
Under the Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations 1999 (the MPL Regulations), women returning from ordinary maternity leave or employees returning from four weeks or fewer parental leave have the right to return to “the job in which she was employed before her absence” subject to certain provisions. Those retur...
News | 25 May 2007
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Women returning from maternity leave need more support
Returning to work after maternity leave is still a difficult issue for some women and employers, according to new survey published today by the NCT, and businesses are being urged to do more to make the transition easier. One in three women (39%) said they found going back to work after having a baby ‘difficult’ or ‘very di...
News | 30 Nov 2009
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Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
...egislation over the years," and will be written in plain English so that those who need to comply with it "can see the wood for the trees". 15380 JuNE 2009 A consultation on proposals to amend the pregnant Workers Directive comes to an end on 22 June 2009. The Directive sets down minimum levels of maternity rights, including leave and pay, which Member States must provide. The European Commission's aim is to contribute to a better worklife balance through improving the protections offered to pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding. 17253 8 may The first heari...
Magazine issue | 5 May 2009
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New Government guidance on benefits in maternity leave
...the Sex Discrimination Act, which came into force on 6 April 2008 following the finding of the High Court last year that the Act did not correctly implement the Equal Treatment Directive, the Government has issued new guidance notes, with examples, on benefits employers must provide to employees on maternity leave.This guidance looks at what impacts salary sacrifice arrangements - often used by employers - have on Statutory Maternity Pay [SMP]; and at what non-cash benefits employers should provide to their employees during statutory maternity leave. In the guidance, HMRC advises that:"Salary sacrifi...
News | 2 Jun 2008
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Bonuses and maternity leave: to pay or not to pay?
...res Limited (2005) in the July 2005 edition of the Employment Law review, there have been some changes to the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) and the Equal Pay Act (EPA) which may impact on the amount of bonus that an employee is entitled to receive. The payment of bonuses in respect of periods of maternity leave has long been a contentious issue. We summarise below how employers should approach the amount of bonus to be awarded to employees who have taken maternity leave during the relevant period. Is the bonus contractual? If so, OK to pro-rate performance-related bonus in light of maternity lea...
Case | 25 May 2007
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Maternity leave sharing plans put on hold
Proposals to bring in six months’ paid maternity leave for new fathers have been put on hold by the Government in the light of the economic climate. The plans would have seen parents being able to share maternity leave. Plans to extend maternity leave from nine months to 12 have also been put on hold. A spokesperson for the Department ...
News | 1 Jun 2009
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Maternity Leave
Hi Linda There is no specific piece of legislation, that I am aware of, covering your particular issue. The parents have made a request, which in due fairness you may find best to investigate and decided whether it is reasonable or otherwise. The points to consider are the parents plans for sharing the parental...
Comment | 9 Mar 2011
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Changes to rights of employees on maternity leave: details
Employees who are to give birth or adopt on or after the 5 October 2008 will be affected by the alterations to the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2008. These provide for: The rights and obligations of employees during Additional Maternity Leave “AML” and Additional Adoption Leave “AAL” are to be brought in line with the rights and obligations exi...
News | 10 Sep 2008
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Legal issues of employee right to request shares
...maternity leave, staff taking career breaks and those absent on long-term sickness. Consideration will also need to be given as to the often vexed definition of good and bad leavers. “Other legal implications are unclear at this stage. It is not clear whether employers will be permitted to require the...
News | 18 Jan 2012
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Survival of the fit note?
...far failed to reach agreement on the Pregnant Workers Directive. Ministers met in June to discuss the Progress Report on the Directive. Fourteen Member States, including the UK, intervened in the Progress Report and expressed their concerns about the European Parliament's proposals for 20 weeks of maternity leave at full pay. Discussions on the proposed Directive can go no further unless Ministers agree a Common Position. Employment Relations Minister, Edward Davey, said: "The fact that so many other Member States have echoed our worries sends a clear message that this one-size-fits-all measure is no...
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
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Parental leave shake-up
...ers take the time to respond to the consultation paper to make their views on the proposals known." PARENTAL LEAVE SHAKE UP The area of parental leave is a 'hot' area of employment law. In recent years employee rights have been extended significantly, allowing employees to take generous periods of maternity and paternity leave. However, hot on the heels of recent changes which significantly increased paternity leave, the Government is now proposing to shake up the system again. It aims to create a system of genuinely flexible parental leave. Its much-awaited consultation paper was published on 16 May ...
News analysis | 25 May 2011
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
...er, and both events feature jam-packed programmes looking ahead to the next 12 months. 32794 3 april New fathers of babies born on or after 3 April can take advantage of additional paternity leave and pay during the second six months of the child's life, if the mother wishes to return to work with maternity leave outstanding. The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 aim to enable parents to share a period of paid leave between them, giving families greater flexibility in how they choose to look after their children. 32375 6 april Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 comes into force, allowing ...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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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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Nine months' paid maternity leave from April 2007
Having recently moved to the UK from Sweden I am astonished by people's view of and lack of interest in issues such as maternity leave. Comments like "no company in its right mind would hire women of child bearing age" only emphasizes the need of more focus on men taking their responsibility (and being given the chance to do this in form of equal rights to meternity/paternity leave). On TV the other night statistics were sho...
Comment | 17 Mar 2005
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Nine months' paid maternity leave from April 2007
.... I can see benefits in this step for the parents, and am especially pleased to see the possibility of transfer of leave entitlement to fathers, who are largely neglected in this period. However, (and its a big however), legislation is tripping itself up at the minute. For example, if a woman on maternity leave is temporarily replaced, and a contract issued to cover her period of absence, this contract remains in force even if the mother chooses to exercise her right to return to work at any time with 21 days notice. This makes it much harder for employers to provide adequate cover, and perhaps expl...
Comment | 2 Mar 2005
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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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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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Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth
...2010. Vehicles must be over ten years old and the owner must have been the registered keeper of the vehicle for at least 12 months. 19801 jUNE 2009 22 June A consultation on proposals to amend the Pregnant Workers Directive comes to an end on 22 june 2009. The Directive sets down minimum levels of maternity rights, including leave and pay, which Member States must provide. The European Commission's aim is to contribute to a better worklife balance through improving the protections offered to pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding. 17253 jUNE 2009 5 June A co...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009
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Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!
...ay entitlement increases from 24 to 28 days. However, following a recent ruling, it is holiday leave and sickness absence that employers should be more concerned about. Caroline Merz takes a look at Stringer v. HMRC (2009) to find out more. TEcHnIcAL 28 LEGAL upDATE In-depth technical guidance on: maternity leave and redundancy, energy challenges for 2009, and BS 9999. cHALLEngE 22 KING Of ThE SWINGERS Jerome Mayhew was a successful barrister, but was worried about the national trend towards complete risk aversion and the `compensation culture' so he left his well-paid job to take on the challenge...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009
