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21 Aug Don’t Forget: New Carer & Neonatal Leave Acts Are On The Way

New legislation will bring in the following new rights for employees:

  • For carers, there is the Carers Leave Act 2023, offering a new right to carers (this has a broad definition) to take ‘carers leave’ of one-week unpaid leave to care for a dependent with long-term care requirements. We still don’t have the regulations; we’ll update when we do but we expect implementation around spring 2024.

  • Whilst employees still retain all family leave rights, there is now the Neonatal Care (Leave & Pay) Act 2023. In addition to usual paternity and maternity rights. This offers up to 12 weeks of neonatal leave and pays for any parents of babies born prematurely (and require 7 days of hospital care) commencing from the day the baby begins such care (within 28 days of birth). Implementation of this right is also unclear, likely in 2025.

New Carer & Neonatal Leave Acts Are On The Way

 

Posted by Lee Stephens

Lee Stephens heads up the team with the help of his co-Directors, Lee has practiced as a specialist employment Solicitor for almost 20 years now, formerly as a Partner with a leading UK law firm Lee Stephens advises SME’s to PLCs and he has a wealth of experience in successfully helping businesses with all aspects of employment law from the day to day to complex reorganizations, TUPE, senior executive removals and disputes through to Tribunal too. KEY AREAS OF WORK Lee has significant experience on:- Post termination and confidentiality breaches and injunctive relief work TUPE transfers and consultations; Senior executive disputes and removals Re-organizations and restructures in various sectors from healthcare, manufacturing to independent schools Agency and self-employed contracts and related claims Employment Tribunal defence and claims Lee has spoken on invitation on various aspects of employment law for various groups across the UK. Using his knowledge and experience Lee solves problems for clients and provides excellent service too. Lee also undertakes his own advocacy and delivers management training workshops and he has particular experience working with clients within the Private School, Veterinary, Care, Recruitment and Production, Logistics & Manufacturing sectors.

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