Offering support for parents of babies requiring neonatal care, through the introduction of statutory neonatal care leave, is another major step forward for family rights – but present new challenges for businesses.
Neonatal leave
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Although the Employment Rights Bill is still making its way through parliament, there are a number of obligations coming into force this April.
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Ministers 'fully accept principle of pregnancy loss bereavement leave' and take forward amendments to include miscarriage in workers' rights.
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From 6 April this year about 60,000 new parents will be able to benefit from a right to neonatal care leave.
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Government confirms neonatal care leave and pay law will be enacted in April, subject to Parliamentary approval.
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With new neonatal care entitlements coming into effect in April 2025, Kavitha Sivasubramaniam looks at how employers should prepare
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission has updated its pregnancy and maternity protections guidance to reflect new rights for employees.
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Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.
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From the day-one right to request flexible working to rolled-up holiday pay, these are the employment law changes in 2024.
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Tesco has introduced 26 weeks' paid kinship leave for employees granted Special Guardianship Orders, among other family-friendly policies.
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Currys has announced a series of new benefits to support equality, diversity and inclusion, including additional paid gender reassignment leave.
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The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill and the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill gain Royal Assent.
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MPs have voted through the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill and the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill.
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What are the legal developments that HR teams should look out for this year and beyond?
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The government has approved a law offering paid neonatal leave for parents of babies who require additional care after birth.