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In her Speech delivered at the opening of Parliament last week, the Queen announced Bills to be introduced in the next session of Parliament up to Spring 2013.
Of interest are the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, the Children and Families Bill and the Crime and Courts Bill.
The scope of further reforms which are set out in a number of Bills include:
Overhaul of the Tribunal system.
Blog Article | Last updated: 16/05/2012 15:07:00
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Legal framework
Prior to the introduction of the statutory right to paternity leave, the only legal requirement on employers to offer paternity leave was through the right for time off for a dependant, which includes when a spouse or partner gives birth, but is unpaid. As part of the Government`s plan to increase family friendly laws, a new right for employees to take up to two weeks paternity leave, paid at a statutory rate of pay, was introduced under provisions outlined in the Employment Act 2002. These were implemented by the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 and came into force in relation to children born or adopted from 6th April 2003. The corresponding rules relating to Statutory Paternity Pay are set out in the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations 2002.
The above basic entitlement is now named ordinary paternity leave and pay following provisions made under the Work and Families Act 2006, which introduced an entitlement to additional paternity leave and pay where the child`s mother or adopter returns to work earlier than their statutory entitlement. This separate right was brought into force by the Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 and the Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (General) Regulations 2010 and applies where the expected week of childbirth, or the beginning of the week of notification of an approved match for adoption, is on or after 3 April 2011.
The combined effect of the legislation is that, subject to meeting the criteria set out in this policy, employees will have a right to two periods of non-consecutive paternity leave, ordinary and additional.
Family friendly HR Resources | Last updated: 06/02/2012 16:54:00
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The following increases have been announced by Steve Webb, the Minister for the Department for Work and Pensions:-
Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Maternity Allowance will increase from £128.73 to £135.45 (or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower)
Statutory Sick Pay will increase from £81.60 to £85.85
The new
Blog Article | Last updated: 13/12/2011 15:14:00
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Another century of pay inequality? The BBC reports today on a study that claims the gender pay gap will last for another 98 years.
Blog Article | Last updated: 31/08/2011 12:50:00
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Buddy put together a survey for Buddy members covering the Government's proposals to change employment law with the aim of encouraging a more flexible and family friendly approach at work, as set out in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Consultation on Modern Workplaces. The results proved very interesting and enabled us to gauge your opinion and feed this into the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Consultation Working Group, which Clarkslegal was invited to join. The CBI has now published its response to the Consultation with the aim of influencing policymaking, to gain the best deal for employers.
News Article | Last updated: 25/08/2011 15:52:00
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Small firms with fewer than 10 employees may be able to avoid granting employees parental rights according to details leaked in the Sunday Telegraph. The Government`s ‘Growth Strategy` which will form part of the forthcoming Budget aims to reduce
Blog Article | Last updated: 15/03/2011 15:38:00
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Sainsbury`s has announced a partnership with Carers UK to work closely to develop the supermarket`s flexible working policies for colleagues with caring responsibilities. Carers UK`s latest research revealed that about one in eight adults are carer
Blog Article | Last updated: 08/12/2010 10:01:00
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The new coalition Government has today published its key policy plans. The plans are stated as being based on central principles of "freedom, fairness and responsibility" and cover a breadth of issues from banking to immigration.
Whilst we ar
Blog Article | Last updated: 24/05/2010 09:46:00
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