Eleanor Parkes summarises some of the key legislation set to be introduced in the next year
Employees will receive a day-one right to 12 weeks of leave if their child is receiving neonatal care. However, the right to receive neonatal care pay will require a minimum of 26 weeks’ service. Leave does not need to be taken in one block and can be taken in individual days or half days. Neonatal care must have started within 28 days of birth and last for at least seven days. The leave must be taken within 68 weeks of the child’s birth.
This Act – which comes into force on 6 April – allows carers to take one week’s unpaid leave in any 12-month period to look after a dependant with a long-term care need, such as illness, injury, disability or old age. Leave can also be taken in individual days or half days.
This Act comes into force next year and will ensure that all tips and service charges are allocated fairly between its workers (not just employees). Employers will also have to have a written policy on how it deals with tips and keep records of all tips and service charges received for three years.
Currently, protection is given to employees on maternity, shared parental or adoption leave, in that they have a right to be offered a suitable alternative role, if one is available, before they are made redundant and must be preferred...
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