Family-friendly rights and support

New and updated

• Cases on appeal

  Type:

  Law reports

  Updated to include information on Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd, in which the Court of Appeal held that the employer was vicariously liable for a managing director's assault of an employee during a drinking session after the work Christmas party.

• Supporting pregnant employees and new mothers

  Type:

  Good practice manual

  Updated to reflect that childcare voucher schemes are closed to new entrants from 4 October 2018.

• Supporting fathers

  Type:

  Good practice manual

  Updated to reflect that childcare voucher schemes are closed to new entrants from 4 October 2018.

• Ordinary parental leave

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a reference to the Government's announcement that it will consult on a proposed requirement for certain employers to publish their policy on parental leave and pay.

• Shared parental pay

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a reference to the Government's announcement that it will consult on a proposed requirement for certain employers to publish their policy on parental leave and pay.

• Shared parental leave

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a reference to the Government's announcement that it will consult on a proposed requirement for certain employers to publish their policy on parental leave and pay.

• Ten employers publish parental leave and pay policies

  Date:

  27 September 2018

  Type:

  News

  Ten major employers have agreed to publish their parental leave and pay policies online.

• How to deal with an employee who has a miscarriage or stillbirth or whose baby dies after birth

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect that a new right to paid parental bereavement leave is expected to come into force in 2020.

• Letter to an employee whose partner has suffered a stillbirth after 24 weeks of pregnancy explaining his paternity rights

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 has received Royal Assent.

• Letter to an employee whose baby dies after birth explaining his paternity rights

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 has received Royal Assent.