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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
- 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
- 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
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/p
