• Paternity Leave

• Additional Paternity Leave
• From April 2011
• Designed to assist parents in sharing childcare responsibilities
• Employed fathers will be able to take up to 6 months additional paternity leave once the mother has returned to work
• Up to 3 months Statutory paternity Pay can be paid if Statutory Maternity Pay has not already been utilised by mother

• Basic Information
  • Father can go on Paternity Leave between 20 weeks and 1 year after the birth of the child
  • Father must have 26 weeks continuous service by 15 weeks before baby due
  • Must give 8 week’s notice
  • Need to complete Father and Mother Declaration Forms

• Flexible Working

• Currently applies to:
  • Parents of children under 17
  • Parents of disabled children under 18
  • Carers of certain adults

    From 6th April 2011 – will be extended to parents of all children under 18

• Agency Workers Regulations

• From 1st October 2011 (Main provisions)
  • Agency worker entitled to the same basic working and employment conditions as he/she would have been entitled to for doing the same job has he/she been recruited by the hirer directly at the start of the qualifying period
  • 12 week qualifying period

• Bribery Act

• Bribery Act came in on 1st July 2011

 

All information is general and further information should be sought through HR Practical Solutions Ltd or an Employment Law practitioner.