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Leave

UK employment law makes provision for a wide variety of types of leave from work. Some of the more common are annual leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, and time off for medical or dental appointments.


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    Top 10 HR questions April 2025: increases to wages and tribunal awards

    by Brightmine 2 May 2025
    by Brightmine 2 May 2025

    April saw increases in the potential compensation tribunals can award, including guidelines on 'injury to feelings' awards.

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    • Career breaks

    Increasing burnout fuelling demand for sabbaticals

    by Nic Paton 30 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 30 Apr 2025

    Almost half (42%) of the UK workforce wants to be given access to sabbaticals, with demand being driven by rising...

    • IR35
    • Bank holidays
    • Latest News

    Top 10 HR questions February 2025: Supporting employees observing Ramadan

    by Brightmine 4 Mar 2025
    by Brightmine 4 Mar 2025

    Most frequently asked questions during February include queries about Ramadan and dismissals on the grounds of ill health.

    • Hybrid working
    • USA
    • Latest News

    Federal employees offered 8 months’ pay to resign

    by Rob Moss 29 Jan 2025
    by Rob Moss 29 Jan 2025

    Almost all federal employees have until 6 February to decide whether to resign, as Donald Trump reduces government headcount.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Leave

    Christmas leave: should HR enforce a ‘Christmas shutdown’?

    by Sarah Tahamtani 18 Dec 2024
    by Sarah Tahamtani 18 Dec 2024

    Is the standard practice of asking employees to take annual leave over the Christmas period still appropriate in the modern workplace?

    • Infertility
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    • Family-friendly benefits

    Fertility at work: Employers can make all the difference

    by Seema Duggal 7 Nov 2024
    by Seema Duggal 7 Nov 2024

    During National Fertility Awareness Week, Seema Duggal explains the profound affect fertility issues can have on employees.

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    • National living wage
    • Financial penalties

    Top 10 HR questions October 2024: National living wage

    by Brightmine 1 Nov 2024
    by Brightmine 1 Nov 2024

    Last month's most frequently asked HR questions included queries around the 'real' Living Wage and the national living wage.

    • Benefits
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    • Pay & benefits

    Half of employers advertising statutory requirements as ‘perks’

    by Jo Faragher 2 Sep 2024
    by Jo Faragher 2 Sep 2024

    Almost half UK employers are touting statutory requirements or basic rights as workplace benefits in their job adverts, according to an analysis by employee benefits platform Rippl.

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    • Retail

    Harrods could face strike over ‘discriminatory’ holiday guidelines

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Jul 2024

    Workers at luxury London department store Harrods are contemplating strike action over their employer’s ‘discriminatory’ holiday policy.

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    • Sickness absence

    Take-up slow for Europe’s only state menstrual paid leave policy

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Jun 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Jun 2024

    Spain is only country in Europe with a specific menstrual leave policy.

    • Compassionate leave
    • Carers
    • Employment law

    Carer’s Leave Act 2023: UK carers’ entitlements from 2024

    by Jo Faragher 29 Feb 2024
    by Jo Faragher 29 Feb 2024

    How should employers prepare for the new right to unpaid carer's leave, which comes into force in April 2024?

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Guidance on 2024 holiday pay changes published

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jan 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jan 2024

    The government has published guidance on various 2024 holiday pay changes, including calcuations for part-year and irregular hours workers.

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    • Employment law

    Date set for new family-friendly regulations

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Dec 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Dec 2023

    The right to request flexible working from day one of employment, as well as several other regulations, will take effect on 6 April 2024.

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Legal expert calls new holiday pay regulations ‘incoherent’

    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Nov 2023

    An employment lawyer says new holiday pay regulations that were hoped to simplify calculations for irregular hours workers are problematic.

    • Brexit
    • Agency workers
    • Latest News

    Rolled-up holiday pay to be introduced for workers with irregular hours

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Nov 2023

    The government will introduce rolled-up holiday pay for workers with irregular hours or part-year contracts.

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