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List of statutory pay guides for employers and employees.
Guidance on maternity and paternity rights for parents of babies born on or after 3 April 2011.
What to do when an employee leaves, is reinstated, has a break in employment, works for someone else, is sick or goes abroad.
Work out your Statutory Adoption Leave dates - Ordinary and Additional Adoption Leave period, notice period and earliest start date
Employer and employee guide to unpaid carer’s leave - who can take it, how long for, when can employers postpone or delay.
Survey findings on employers' perceptions of maternity and paternity leave and flexible working arrangements.
Find out about the different rules that apply to employment types like agency workers, directors and educational workers when deciding entitlement to Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay.
If you are a civil servant considering taking shared parental leave, this guidance will give you a better understanding of the options available to you.
Includes maternity and paternity leave, holiday entitlement and sick pay
Find forms and guidance for Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave for employers and employees.
This is a technical guide for employers to consider when implementing policies on shared parental leave and pay.
Find out how to manually calculate Statutory Maternity Pay if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not work out your employee’s payments.
Action to take when paying Adoption Pay in certain circumstances, including employee becomes sick, leaves, dies, is awarded a pay rise, or the child dies.
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
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