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Women and their partners who experience a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks will also be entitled to up to two weeks of unpaid leave
More than 50 UK organisations back charter to deliver paid family leave and flexible working support for women in research.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
New day one rights to parental leave set to enter force from April.
Over 15 million people across the UK are expected to benefit as the Employment Rights Act receives Royal Assent.
Specialist Jobcentre staff redeployed to give skills and employment support to tens of thousands of people with no requirement to look for work.
Government announces a new amendment to the Employment Rights Bill which will expand rights to bereavement leave to those who experience pregnancy loss
Government publishes the Employment Rights Bill Implementation Roadmap, setting out timelines for measures in the Bill coming into effect.
New entitlement will give thousands of eligible new parents each year with children in neonatal care a right to additional leave and pay.
More than one million working people across the UK will see a rise in living standards thanks to improvements to Statutory Sick Pay, ministers have announced today.
Thousands of working families with babies in neonatal care will be entitled to additional time off as a day one right
Ministers have unveiled the Employment Rights Bill to help deliver economic security and growth to businesses, workers and communities across the UK.
Parents and carers granted new and improved rights at work, covering leave entitlements and redundancy rules
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Obsolete and burdensome EU rules to be removed from UK law
More women will be helped back into the workplace following the launch of a Government-backed training programme.
Workers to have a greater say over when, where, and how they work under new government plans to make flexible working the default.
New government-backed law to offer pregnant women and new parents greater protection against redundancy.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
New laws introduced entitling unpaid carers to 1 week of unpaid leave a year.
Government backs new law to provide additional paid leave to parents whose babies require specialist care after birth.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The new tool will help expectant parents share time off in the early stages of their baby’s life, allowing them to check eligibility and pay entitlement with the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme.
Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement due to COVID-19 will now be able to carry it over into the next 2 leave years.
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