A woman is entitled to the same employment rights as if she was in work, during maternity leave. This means that annual leave, including bank holidays, should be accrued as usual throughout the maternity leave period....
It's the type of leave you hope never to take. But such is the nature of life (and death), you'll more than likely need some time off at some point for a bereavement or serous illness within your family or friend group....
As we approach the end of the calendar year many of us will finalizing our holiday plans and looking to see how much allowance we have left (if any)....
You'll be surprised about how many different types of absence from office work there are. In our other guides, we've discussed maternity and paternity leave, adoption leave and sickness leave....
Adoption Leave begins either up to 14 days before the child starts living with their new parents, or within 28 days of the child arriving in the UK, if they’re being adopted from abroad....
Managers have to show they’ve acted reasonably given the circumstances, and kept things fair for everyone. That means they can’t dismiss someone for the same offence someone else got away with. And they need to give the appropriate amount of notice that’s in the employee’s contract....
It sounds too good to be true, but actually there's some solid reasoning behind an unlimited paid holidays policy. It can increase staff productivity, morale, and motivation, and of course it's not bad from the perspective of employees, either. So why isn't everybody offering it?...