| 5
September 2000 |
Discussion
document
(MS Word 879Kb) published, containing factual
information on the current provision of measures to help
people balance work and home life in the UK and
internationally. Also available in Welsh
(MS Word 1.4Mb) and in pdf format
 in
English (102Kb)
and Welsh
(109Kb).
The
original Terms of
Reference of the review.
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| 7
December 2000 |
The
Green Paper Work
and Parents: Competitiveness and Choice was
published on 7 December 2000 - also available in pdf
format
(836Kb). The consultation period for the Green
Paper ended on 7 March 2001.
The
summary version of the
Green Paper is also available in pdf format
in English
(75Kb), Welsh
(157Kb), Arabic
(645Kb), Bengali
(181Kb), Chinese
(412Kb), Greek
(82Kb), Gujarati
(211Kb), Hindi
(178Kb), Punjabi
(173Kb), Somali
(82Kb), Turkish
(265Kb), Urdu
(955Kb), and Vietnamese
(90Kb).
An
accompanying research
document
(305Kb)
was also published. This drew on two surveys
commissioned for the review – one administered to
employers and the other to working parents.
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| 7
March 2001 |
The
Government announced how it intended to proceed on those
issues with financial implications for the State covered
in the Green Paper. This covered:
- an
increase in the flat rate of Statutory Maternity Pay
(SMP).
- an
extension of the period of maternity pay rate from
18 weeks to 26 weeks from April 2003.
- the
right to two weeks’ paid paternity leave from
2003.
- paid
adoption leave from 2003.
- a
further increase in the Sure Start Maternity Grant
from £300 to £500 in April 2002, which will
benefit 215,000 low income families a year.
Press
notice with details of these changes
Note
on the regulatory costs of these measures
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| 25
April 2001 |
The
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry made three
announcements on parental leave:
-
parental
leave will be extended from 13 to 18 weeks for
parents of disabled children.
-
parental
leave will remain unpaid.
-
entitlement
to parental leave will be extended to parents of all
children who were under five on 15 December 1999
when the right was first introduced.
Press
notice
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| 1
May 2001 |
Further
moves to help working mothers and ease the
administrative burden of maternity leave on businesses
were announced. A three-part package of measures was
unveiled comprising:
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| 8
May 2001 |
Consultation
documents published on parental
leave (48Kb),
on the
framework
for adoption leave (14Kb)
and on the
framework
for paternity leave
(73Kb).
The consultations closed on 8 August 2001.
Welsh
versions - parental
leave
(52Kb), framework
for adoption leave
(48Kb) and framework for
paternity leave
(68Kb).
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| 28
June 2001 |
Work
and Parents Taskforce established, chaired by Professor
Sir George Bain.
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| 18
October 2001 |
The
Government's response
to the consultation on parental leave was published,
together with draft
regulations
(17Kb)
and a Regulatory Impact
Assessment.
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8
November 2001
|
The
Government’s
response (179Kb)
[Welsh
version (112Kb)]
to the framework documents on simplification, paternity
and adoption leave was published.
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20
November 2001
|
Work and Parents Taskforce
published its report About
Time: Flexible Working. The Government's
response (72Kb)
[also
available in Welsh
(86Kb)]
to the Taskforce was also published.
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10
January 2002
|
Changes
made to parental leave regulations increasing parental
leave
(229Kb)
for disabled children and benefiting parents of children
who were under five years old on 15 December 1999.
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23
May 2002
|
Consultation
document published on draft
regulations to simplify the maternity and parental
leave schemes, and set out the fine detail of how the
new rights to paternity and adoption leave and pay will
operate. The consultation closed on 19 July 2002.
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8
July 2002
|
Employment
Act granted Royal Assent.
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10
July 2002
|
Consultation
document (93Kb)
[Welsh version
(94Kb)] published
on draft regulations
(23Kb)
for the right to apply for flexible
working, setting out the detail of how the right
will operate. The consultation closed on 10 October
2002.
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10 August 2002
|
The Government's
response (179Kb)
[also
available in Welsh
(112Kb)]
to the consultation on the maternity, paternity and
adoption draft regulations was published. A summary
of the decisions made as a result of the
consultation was also published, along with a Regulatory
Impact Assessment (63Kb)
setting out
the costs and benefits of the regulations to business.
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17
October 2002
|
A summary
of the responses and the decisions made (28Kb) as
a result of the flexible working draft regulations
consultation was published, along with a Regulatory
Impact Assessment (66Kb) setting
out the costs and benefits of the regulations to
business.
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