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Government announces a new amendment to the Employment Rights Bill which will expand rights to bereavement leave to those who experience pregnancy loss
Government publishes the Employment Rights Bill Implementation Roadmap, setting out timelines for measures in the Bill coming into effect.
New entitlement will give thousands of eligible new parents each year with children in neonatal care a right to additional leave and pay.
More than one million working people across the UK will see a rise in living standards thanks to improvements to Statutory Sick Pay, ministers have announced today.
Thousands of working families with babies in neonatal care will be entitled to additional time off as a day one right
Ministers have unveiled the Employment Rights Bill to help deliver economic security and growth to businesses, workers and communities across the UK.
Parents and carers granted new and improved rights at work, covering leave entitlements and redundancy rules
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Obsolete and burdensome EU rules to be removed from UK law
More women will be helped back into the workplace following the launch of a Government-backed training programme.
Workers to have a greater say over when, where, and how they work under new government plans to make flexible working the default.
New government-backed law to offer pregnant women and new parents greater protection against redundancy.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
New laws introduced entitling unpaid carers to 1 week of unpaid leave a year.
Government backs new law to provide additional paid leave to parents whose babies require specialist care after birth.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The new tool will help expectant parents share time off in the early stages of their baby’s life, allowing them to check eligibility and pay entitlement with the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme.
Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement due to COVID-19 will now be able to carry it over into the next 2 leave years.
Statutory Sick Pay will be made available from day one when self-isolating, instead of day four, the Prime Minister announced today.
New campaign to remind workers of their right to paid holiday leave and ensure employers check their staff are taking their leave.
Employers are being urged to shape proposals to transform support for disabled people and those on long-term sick leave.
Legal protections against redundancy to be extended by 6 months for new mothers returning to work.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Minister for Women and Equalities, Penny Mordaunt, announced today that 7 organisations in England have been awarded funding to support innovative projects which aim to help women back into work.
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