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UK: Unpaid parental leave increase: 8 March 2013
From 8 March 2013, qualifying employees will be entitled to 18 (instead of 13) weeks' unpaid parental leave per child. The right to request flexible …
UK: Consultations on Acas Codes: settlement discussions and flexible work requests
Acas has published an initial draft Code on settlement discussions, for consultation until 9 April 2013. This relates to the provisions in the …
UK Government consultation: provisions for administering shared parental leave
The Government is consulting until 17 May 2013 on how the shared parental leave scheme to be introduced in 2015 (see here) should be …
Australia: Bullying, flexible work and unions: Implications for employers regarding proposed amendments to the Fair Work Act
Industrial relations is gearing up to be a significant issue in the upcoming Federal election. The Federal Government has recently announced its …
UK: Timetable for employment law reforms
BIS has published its Fifth Statement of New Regulations confirming plans to implement changes to the Equality Act 2010 (removing third party harassment …
UK: Children and Families Bill
On 4 February 2013 the Government published the Children and Families Bill which will introduce the new shared parental leave regime and the …
France: New rights to workers and greater flexibility to employers
After several months of negotiations between the French social partners, employers' associations and employee trade unions, a national inter-professional …
Hong Kong: Private employers face the introduction of statutory paternity leave for the first time
The law in Hong Kong has recently changed to allow male government employees under a continuous employment contract for at least 40 weeks to take …
UK government confirm flexible parental leave and extension to right to request flexible work from 2014/15
The UK government has announced a new flexible parental leave regime that will allow parents to share 50 out of 52 weeks of statutory maternity leave and …
UK: Legislative proposals - surrogacy
The Government is considering the possibility of granting leave and pay for mothers of children born by surrogates. Surrogacy UK is supporting a …
Bahrain introduces a new Labour Law
The Kingdom of Bahrain has introduced a new labour law for the private sector (Law No. 36 of 2012), issued by the King of Bahrain at the end of …
The key elements of Spanish labour reform: Act 3/2012, of 6 July, of urgent measures to reform the employment market
Act 3/2012, of 6 July, of urgent measures to reform the employment market was published in the Official State Journal on 7 July, following the passing of …
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