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Extended paid leave for parents of premature babies

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The UK government’s 2020 Budget promised extra paid leave for mothers and fathers of premature babies. The government is seeking to alleviate the stress of caring for a premature baby by introducing extra paid paternity and maternity leave (called ‘neonatal pay and leave’). What are employees entitled to?

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Ask the Attorney: Paid leave and telework

Business Management Daily

early morning and late night) would be one way to show the employee could perform telework and thus not be eligible for the paid leave. Presumably, if the employee is able to work because he or she is not hospitalized or ill at home, he or she theoretically could telework. Offering alternative hours (i.e. The answer is unclear.

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BaxterStorey enhances employee benefits package

Employee Benefits

Hospitality business BaxterStorey has enhanced its employee benefits package to support its 8,000 UK staff through various life stages and circumstances. The firm has introduced 24 weeks of fully paid enhanced maternity leave to ensure new mothers have the support they need to balance the demands of work and family.

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Axa extends global support benefits to UK employees

Employee Benefits

Carers will be able to use dependent leave if they are a primary carer or care for an immediate family member for unexpected emergencies such as a child becoming ill and planned hospital appointments.

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NHS England implements paid miscarriage leave for employees

Employee Benefits

NHS England has introduced up to 10 days of additional paid leave for employees who suffer a miscarriage , as part of new guidance issued to hospitals. Women who experience a miscarriage in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy will be offered up to ten days of paid leave and their partners will be able to take up to five.

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Marks and Spencer launches neonatal leave policy

Employee Benefits

It provides up to 12 weeks of fully paid leave to any UK employee whose baby requires specialist neonatal care. We know that being a parent of a baby who requires neonatal care is an incredibly worrying time and that time may be spent with their baby in hospital, rather than at home. “We

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Five Companies With Incredible Paternity Leaves

HR Digest

Several top companies give the longest paternity leave to their employees. Their paternity leave policy covers a lot of benefits for all employees regardless of gender. Some also cover hospital operations like surrogacy and so much more. . Reddit offers 16 week of paid leave which is 4 months for its employees.