Family-friendly rights and support

New and updated

• Employees on maternity leave can still access furlough after deadline

  Date:

  10 June 2020

  Type:

  News

  Parents who are on statutory maternity and paternity leave and due to return to work in the next few months will still be eligible for the furlough scheme after it otherwise closes to new entrants today.

• Lifting the coronavirus lockdown: Letter to arrange a discussion with a pregnant employee about their return to work

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model HR letter to arrange a discussion with a pregnant employee to review what steps could be taken to allow them to return to work safely as the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown is eased.

• Lifting the coronavirus lockdown: Letter setting out adjustments for a pregnant employee who is returning to work

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to set out what steps are being taken to allow a pregnant employee to return to work safely as the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown is eased.

• Lifting the coronavirus lockdown: Letter to move a pregnant employee to suitable alternative work

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model HR letter to offer suitable alternative work to a pregnant employee who cannot return to their normal job safely as the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown is eased.

• Lifting the coronavirus lockdown: Letter suspending a pregnant employee on health and safety grounds

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model HR letter to suspend a pregnant employee who cannot return to their normal job safely and for whom no suitable alternative work is available as the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown is eased.

• Lifting the coronavirus lockdown: Model letters to manage a pregnant employee's return to work

  Date:

  20 May 2020

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  We provide new model letters to assist HR professionals with managing the challenges around pregnant employees returning to work during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Furlough: parental pay to be calculated on usual earnings

  Date:

  28 April 2020

  Type:

  News

  Furloughed workers taking parental or adoption leave will receive parental or adoption pay based on their usual earnings, not the lower rate they receive while on furlough.

• Rules on calculating normal weekly earnings for family-related benefits for those who are furloughed introduced

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  The rules on calculating normal weekly pay for entitlement to and payment of family-friendly benefits and maternity allowance have been adjusted for those who have been furloughed.

• How should an employer calculate statutory maternity pay (SMP) for an employee who is on furlough leave or in receipt of sick pay during the SMP calculation period?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Four in 10 dads can't afford shared parental leave

  Date:

  22 April 2020

  Type:

  News

  Five years after its introduction, the number of fathers claiming shared parental leave has increased by over two-thirds since 2015/16, but four in 10 dads still cannot afford to share leave with their partner.