Maternity leave and maternity pay

New and updated

• Enhanced redundancy protection for pregnant employees and new parents: Overview for employers

  Date:

  21 August 2019

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  The Government is pressing ahead with plans to extend the period during which pregnant employees and new parents are entitled to be offered any suitable alternative vacancy if they are being made redundant. We look at how the law will change and the headaches that the amendments could cause for employers.

• Maternity leave

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on the Government's consultation on transparency in family-friendly policies, proposed neonatal leave and options for reforming parental leave and pay, and on the Government's response to its consultation on redundancy protection for pregnant women and new parents.

• Length of maternity leave

  Type:

  Quick reference

  A table summarising employees' entitlement to ordinary and additional maternity leave.

• Podcast: Common issues during maternity leave

  Date:

  28 May 2019

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Issues that can arise during maternity leave range from the mundane, such as keeping lines of communication open, to the dramatic, such as putting an employee at risk of redundancy. We discuss common scenarios during maternity leave, and how to deal with them.

• MP seeks to rescue new mums' redundancy protection plans

  Date:

  23 May 2019

  Type:

  News

  The government has been accused of dragging its feet over new legal protections for pregnant women and new mothers at work, as a private member's bill is introduced in the House of Commons today.

• Webinar: Pregnancy sickness - managing absence issues successfully

  Date:

  25 April 2019

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at law firm Hogan Lovells, discusses the legal framework protecting pregnant employees and the health and safety considerations employers should be aware of.

• Statutory maternity pay

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect the statutory maternity pay rate in force from 7 April 2019.

• Maternity leave and pay

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to include the increase in statutory maternity pay in force from 7 April 2019.

• How to deal with keeping-in-touch days during maternity leave

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect the increase to the statutory maternity pay rate from 7 April 2019.

• How to deal with a pay rise that coincides with an employee's pregnancy or maternity leave

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect the increase to the statutory maternity pay rate from 7 April 2019.