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April 2021 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates published

Date:: 9 December 2020

The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay, parental bereavement pay and sick pay from April 2021.

Majority of roles still not advertised as flexible

Date:: 8 December 2020

Four in five jobs still do not advertise flexible working options despite the huge shift to home working during the pandemic, according to research by Timewise.

Unilever to trial four-day week

Date:: 1 December 2020

Unilever is to begin a year-long trial of a four-day week at its offices in New Zealand with the aim of changing the way work is done, not increasing the hours worked over four days.

Applications for new work visa routes now open

Date:: 1 December 2020

Applications for the new work visa routes open today for eligible overseas workers who wish to work in the UK from 1 January 2021.

Work from home advice could continue until Easter

Date:: 24 November 2020

Employees are likely to be encouraged to remain working from home until at least Easter 2021, when it is hoped that a combination of a tighter "tier" system, further testing and the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations will have "driven down" the coronavirus infection rate.

Employers face £10k fine for failing to enforce self-isolation

Date:: 30 September 2020

Employers in England face fines of up to £10,000 if they fail to prevent workers who should be self-isolating from going to the workplace.

"Work from home if you can" - government tightens restrictions

Date:: 22 September 2020

Boris Johnson has confirmed that people should work from home if they can in a statement to the House of Commons today. He also announced that retail and hospitality staff will be required to wear face masks among a series of tighter restrictions designed to curb rising coronavirus infection rates.

Take-up of shared parental leave still "exceptionally low"

Date:: 7 September 2020

Although the use of shared parental leave increased by 23 percentage points last year, only 13,100 couples applied to use the scheme last year.

Ensure women do not lose out on maternity pay, say Labour

Date:: 12 August 2020

The Labour party has called for the government to take urgent action to ensure that those who have been pregnant during the pandemic do not have their maternity pay wrongly docked.

More support for carers needed to keep staff in work

Date:: 11 August 2020

Research by Carers UK has shown that employers are seeing the health, wellbeing and productivity of their workforces adversely impacted by a shortage of support from social care services.

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April 2021 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates published

Majority of roles still not advertised as flexible

Unilever to trial four-day week

Applications for new work visa routes now open

Work from home advice could continue until Easter

Employers face £10k fine for failing to enforce self-isolation

"Work from home if you can" - government tightens restrictions

Take-up of shared parental leave still "exceptionally low"

Ensure women do not lose out on maternity pay, say Labour

More support for carers needed to keep staff in work

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