Family friendly working

What are family-friendly rights?

In recent years, employees have gained more rights, helping them to balance working life. Whether employees are raising their children or caring for ageing parents and family members, as a business owner, are you up-to-speed on what the latest family-friendly rights are?

Within the workplace, employees are entitled to the following family-friendly rights:

  • Maternity leave and maternity pay 
  • Paternity leave and paternity pay
  • Adoption leave and adoption pay
  • Shared parental leave and pay
  • Parental bereavement leave and pay
  • Ordinary parental leave 
  • Flexible working – the right to request is available to all employees who have served 26 weeks of qualified service. 
  • Reasonable time off work “to take action which is necessary” to provide care for certain dependants.

As an employer, you are required to offer a range of flexible and fair options to working parents.  

If you require advice on how to make adjustments to accommodate working parents, then contact us today.

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Do you want to learn more?  Why not enrol on our training course entitled Family-Friendly Rights. This course can be delivered live online or face-to-face. Learning outcomes include an insight into the key legal issues and different aspects of leave requirements. Attendees will be equipped to develop their own policies and procedures and make the necessary adaptations to suit working parents.

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