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Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency official Parental Leave policy and procedures.
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Almost all people classed as workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks’…
For regular-hours workers, employers can use a ‘leave year’ or an…
Workers are entitled to a week’s pay for each week of statutory leave that…
The general notice period for taking leave is at least twice as long as…
During their notice period the worker may be able to take whatever is left…
Employer and employee guide to unpaid carer’s leave - who can take it, how long for, when can employers postpone or delay.
An explanation of how holiday entitlement and pay operate during the pandemic, where it differs from the standard holiday entitlement and pay guidance.
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
How to claim Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave: what you can get, check if you're eligible and how to claim it.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Guidance on the use of Habitats Regulations Assessment
Work out your Statutory Adoption Leave dates - Ordinary and Additional Adoption Leave period, notice period and earliest start date
Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back.
Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court
How to come back to the UK to live if you were previously settled (given indefinite leave to remain) - find out if you need a Returning Resident visa
Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.
FCDO travel advice for Brazil. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Travel disruption and work - employee rights, employer rights, paid and unpaid holiday entitlement, winter weather
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