The series which gives the basics
on key areas of employment legislation
The hard facts
Employment Rights Act 1996
– Section 57a: Time off
for Dependants (as inserted by the Employment Relations Act 1999)
– Part VIII, sections 71-80:
Maternity and Parental Leave (as inserted by the Employment Relations Act 1999)
Employment Relations Act 1999
– Schedule 4, Part I:
Maternity and Parental Leave
– Schedule 4, Part II: Time
off for Dependants
www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1999/19990026.htm
Maternity and Parental Leave etc
Regulations 1999
– Part II: Maternity Leave
– Part III: Parental Leave
www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1999/19993312.htm
Reading around the subject
Maternity Leave
– Basic guide to current maternity
rights: www.dti.gov.uk/er/matleafr.htm
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– Information guide for employees and employers on maternity leave, setting out
the key facts and explaining current legislation: www.dti.gov.uk/er/MATERNITY%20BOOKLET.pdf
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– A "good practice
guide" for employers, entitled How to manage maternity in the workplace: www.eoc.org.uk/Gpmat.pdf
– Brief summary of rights,
with a link to the regulations: www.incomesdata.co.uk/brief/maternity.htm
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Parental Leave
– A summary of the
parental leave regulations and the rights of an employee are set out in two DTI
website addresses, www.dti.gov.uk/er/intguid1.htm
 and www.dti.gov.uk/er/parental.htm
– An information guide for employees and employers on parental leave, setting
out the key facts and explaining the current legislation: www.dti.gov.uk/er/PARENTAL%20BOOKLET.pdf
– General guide to parental leave rights: www.eoc.org.uk/html/parental_leave.html
– A "good practice guide" for employers, entitled "How to manage
arrangements in the workplace for parental leave and leave for
dependants": www.eoc.org.uk/html/gpg_parental-leave.html
– Brief summary of rights, with a link to the regulations: www.incomesdata.co.uk/brief/maternity.htm
– Summary of rights,
providing additional sources of information:
www.tuc.org.uk/tuc/rights_timeoff.cfm
Time off for dependants
– Short summary of rights: www.dti.gov.uk/er/timeoff.htm Â
– An information guide for
employees and employers on the right for time off for dependants: www.dti.go.uk/er/DEPENDANTS%20BOOKLET.pdf
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– Summary of rights: www.tuc.org.uk/tuc/rights_timeoff.cfm
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In the news
– Green paper: Work and Parents:
Competitiveness and Choice: www.dti.gov.uk/er/g_paper/index.htm
www.nds.coi.gov.uk/coi/coipress.nst –
– Government press releases
www.news.bbc.co.uk
– PLC Magazine, Volume XII
(2001) January/February, article entitled "Family Friendly Policies"
Other sources
www.acas.org.uk
Acas
www.cbi.org.uk
Confederation of British Industry
www.dfee.gov.uk Department of Education and
Employment
www.dti.gov.uk Department of Trade and
Industry
www.employersforwork-lifebalance.org.uk
Employers for Work-Life Balance
www.eoc.org.uk
Equal Opportunities Commission
www.flametree.co.uk/work/your-rights
Site advocating a work-life balance
www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk
Contains Acts of Parliament and Statutory Instruments
www.nfpi.org.uk
National Family and Parenting Institute
www.tuc.org.uk
Trades Union Congress
www.ukonline.co.uk
Government online information service
Useful contact details
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Department of Trade and Industry :
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By Sarah
Keeble and Rebecca Ford at Olswang, www.olswang.com
