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EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION


PARENTAL LEAVE (PL509 Rev 1)
A guide for employers and employees 

Contents

* Foreword

*  SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
* 1.1   What is parental leave? 
* 1.2   The legislation
* 1.3   Disabled children 
* 1.4   Employed or self-employed?  
* 1.5   People not covered by the provisions 
* 1.6   Other rights   


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SECTION 2: PARENTAL LEAVE – THE MINIMUM STANDARD

* 2.1   Who can take parental leave? 
* 2.2   Caring for a child
* 2.3   How much leave can an employee take?
* 2.4   When can leave be taken?
* 2.5   Terms and conditions during parental leave
* 2.6   Returning to work after parental leave
* 2.7   Parental leave and redundancy 

* SECTION 3: FLEXIBILITY - MAKING AGREEMENTS IN THE WORKPLACE ABOUT HOW PARENTAL LEAVE WORKS
* 3.1   Designing a flexible scheme 
* 3.2   Collective agreements
* 3.3   Workforce agreements
* 3.4   Individual agreements
* 3.5   How to set up a workforce agreement
* 3.6   What are the basic rules for all parental schemes?
* 3.7   What other matters can employers and employees agree?
* 3.8   What happens when there is no agreement in the workplace?

* SECTION 4: THE FALLBACK SCHEME
* 4.1   What happens under the fallback scheme?
* 4.2   Notice provisions
* 4.3   Postponement provisions
* 4.4   Exceptions to the postponement provisions
* 4.5   Record keeping

* SECTION 5: PROTECTION FROM DETRIMENT AND DISMISSAL
* 5.1   Protection from detriment
* 5.2   Protection from dismissal

* SECTION 6: ENFORCEMENT THROUGH EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
* 6.1   Grounds for making a complaint
* 6.2   Resolving disputes
* 6.3   Complaints to employment tribunals
* 6.4   Remedies
* 6.5   Enforcing agreements

* SECTION 7: OTHER HELP EMPLOYEES CAN GET DURING PARENTAL LEAVE
* 7.1   Claiming income support during parental leave
* 7.2   Other benefits
* 7.3   Working Families' and Disabled Person's Tax Credits

* CHAPTER 8: WHERE TO FIND FURTHER INFORMATION
* 8.1   Useful telephone numbers and websites     
   

 
 

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