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Maternity leave begins: Me time!
Today is the first day of the rest of my life. That is a dramatic way of saying I have started maternity leave! Well, actually, that’s not quite true; I am on regular leave at the moment because I had some holiday which needed to be used up. Still, I have five weeks (if baby…
Increase in Parental Leave entitlement from 13 to 18 weeks
The idea of a legal right for employees to take 18 weeks parental leave is probably quite an alarming one for most employers. We look below at what this right really means and why it may not be such a worry for employers in practice… What has changed? From Friday 8 March 2013, parents will…
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Work and Pregnancy
Work and pregnancy, what are my rights now that I am pregnant? Babyworld have put together some advice for pregnant women. Antenatal Care Pregnant women have the right to what is termed as ‘reasonable’ amounts of time off to attend antenatal appointments and to be paid for this time off. Your employer may ask for…
Your top ten maternity leave questions answered
We answer your most common maternity leave questions about your rights and legal entitlements as a pregnant working woman. I am pregnant and need time off work for antenatal appointments. Will I be paid for the time I take off? Yes, you are entitled to be paid your normal salary for any time off you…
Support for new fathers
As you chat away with your new-found friends from your antenatal and post-natal classes, spare a thought for new fathers who, until now, have had no such built-in natural support network. First-time Mums aren’t the only ones who suffer emotional meltdown when they’re faced with first-time parenthood. Being a new Dad can be very stressful too in the…
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Meet Hilary, the award-winning Doula!
In 1999, actress Hilary Whitehall (née Gish left of picture) put her acting career on hold to train as a post-birth doula. Seven years later, her success speaks for itself: Hilary has become the first doula to win a national childcare award in the ‘One in a Million’ awards set up by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).…
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Better maternity rights
New maternity rights have just been brought in to allow women who give birth after Sunday, April 30, to spend more time with their baby before deciding whether to return to work. The new rights mean that instead of 14 weeks maternity leave, working mums can take 18 weeks leave – six weeks at 90%…
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Dad’s fear new work rules mean ‘career death’
The Government admitted last night that dads are too scared to capitalise on new flexible working rules because they fear they will be sidelined or passed over for promotion. The legislations, which came into effect last April, say parents with a child under six can ask employers for a change in working hours, day or…
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Flexible working extension will reduce productivity
Productivity will suffer if flexible working rights for employees are extended, reveals a survey of businesses across the UK. The survey, conducted by Croner Consulting, one of the UK’s leading providers of business advice and support, asked if extending maternity leave by a further six months would affect British businesses’ productivity and 61 per cent…
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Helping mums back to work may backfire
A leading female MP has warned that moving too quickly to help working mums might mean employers refusing to give women jobs. A wide range of changes are planned over the next few years with the aim of getting mothers of small children who claim benefit into work instead, on top of working time restrictions…
