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Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
Hundreds of thousands of families set to benefit as working parents of 9-month-olds can now apply for government-funded childcare for first time.
Find out what you need to do when an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or if the child is born early or dies.
Legal rights for pregnant employees - including paid time off for antenatal appointments, maternity leave and pay, protection against discrimination and telling the employer about the pregnancy.
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
Find out what employment types have different rules for entitlement to Statutory Paternity Pay.
Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service
Parents and carers to be given new protections at work, covering leave entitlement and redundancy rules
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Resources, including guidance and case studies, to help to promote flexible working in schools.
This report looks at what makes organisations more likely to promote or enhance shared parental leave and pay to improve gender equality in the workplace.
What to do when an employee leaves, is reinstated, has a break in employment, works for someone else, is sick or goes abroad.
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