Moncy Skariah’s Post

Full-time or part-time employees can take paid carer’s leave if an immediate family or household member needs care or support because they are sick or injured or because of an unexpected emergency. And all employees, including casual employees, are entitled to 2 days unpaid carer’s leave each time an immediate family member or household member needs care and support for the same reasons. Full-time and part-time employees can only get unpaid carer’s leave if they don’t have any paid carer’s leave left (paid carer’s leave comes out of the same balance as your sick leave). For carer’s leave, an immediate family member is a: • spouse or former spouse • de facto partner or former de facto partner • child • parent • grandparent • grandchild • sibling, or • child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee's spouse or de facto partner (or former spouse or de facto partner). This includes step-relations (e.g. step-parents and step-children) as well as adoptive relations. #fairwork #personalleave #carersleave #leave

Full-time or part-time employees can take paid carer’s leave if an immediate family or household member needs care or support because they are sick or injured or because of an unexpected emergency. And all employees, including casual employees, are entitled to 2 days unpaid carer’s leave each time an immediate family member or household member needs care and support for the same reasons. Full-time and part-time employees can only get unpaid carer’s leave if they don’t have any paid carer’s leave left (paid carer’s leave comes out of the same balance as your sick leave). For carer’s leave, an immediate family member is a: • spouse or former spouse • de facto partner or former de facto partner • child • parent • grandparent • grandchild • sibling, or • child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee's spouse or de facto partner (or former spouse or de facto partner). This includes step-relations (e.g. step-parents and step-children) as well as adoptive relations. #fairwork #personalleave #carersleave #leave

Full-time or part-time employees can take paid carer’s leave if an immediate family or household member needs care or support because they are sick or injured or because of an unexpected emergency. And all employees, including casual employees, are entitled to 2 days unpaid carer’s leave each time an immediate family member or household member needs care and support for the same reasons. Full-time and part-time employees can only get unpaid carer’s leave if they don’t have any paid carer’s leave left (paid carer’s leave comes out of the same balance as your sick leave). For carer’s leave, an immediate family member is a: • spouse or former spouse • de facto partner or former de facto partner • child • parent • grandparent • grandchild • sibling, or • child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee's spouse or de facto partner (or former spouse or de facto partner). This includes step-relations (e.g. step-parents and step-children) as well as adoptive relations. #fairwork #personalleave #carersleave #leave

❓ Do you know what changes are likely to be needed to your policies when the new ‘Day 1’ leave entitlements are introduced? The Employment Rights Bill proposes to remove some of the current eligibility requirements for family-friendly rights as well as introducing a new right to Bereavement Leave. 📌Currently, there is no statutory right to leave following a bereavement, unless you are a parent who loses a child under the age of 18. A new right will be introduced which provides that, from day 1 of employment, an employee will have the right to take time off following the loss of a loved one.    📌 The details around bereavement leave are to be set out in future legislation (following consultation). Currently, we don’t know what relationship the employee must have to the deceased, but it has been stated that the length of leave will be a minimum of one week and the time the leave can be taken must extend to at least 56 days after the person’s death.    📌 The current requirement that an employee must have 26 weeks continuous service to be eligible to take a period of Paternity Leave, and a year’s continuous service to be eligible for Unpaid Parental Leave will be removed, making these a day 1 right subject to giving the required notice.   📌 The current restriction which prevents fathers or partners from being able to take a period of Paternity Leave where Shared Parental Leave has already been taken will also be removed.   ✅ Actions for HRDs: 📌 Be ready to review and update your policies when the changes come in.   📌 When the changes are introduced, ensure managers (and payroll) are aware of the new entitlement to bereavement leave and the changes to eligibility requirements for certain family-friendly rights. 📌 Keep an eye out for any developments and further guidance – particularly in relation to the scope of bereavement leave. Any questions - get in touch for a chat… Click the link in the comments to sign up to our Employment Law Now updates and be the first to receive details of all key employment law developments. 🔗 Follow me on LinkedIn and turn on notifications (click the bell at the top) to make sure you don’t miss next week’s post on changes to SSP - because in HR, especially during times of legislative change, we firmly believe one thing can help make all the difference. #OneThingToThinkAboutThisWeek

Full-time or part-time employees can take paid carer’s leave if an immediate family or household member needs care or support because they are sick or injured or because of an unexpected emergency. And all employees, including casual employees, are entitled to 2 days unpaid carer’s leave each time an immediate family member or household member needs care and support for the same reasons. Full-time and part-time employees can only get unpaid carer’s leave if they don’t have any paid carer’s leave left (paid carer’s leave comes out of the same balance as your sick leave). For carer’s leave, an immediate family member is a: • spouse or former spouse • de facto partner or former de facto partner • child • parent • grandparent • grandchild • sibling, or • child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee's spouse or de facto partner (or former spouse or de facto partner). This includes step-relations (e.g. step-parents and step-children) as well as adoptive relations. #fairwork #personalleave #carersleave #leave

John Macaulay’s latest post summarises the proposed changes to ‘day 1’ family friendly rights. Have a read below 👇

Valuable insights from our Greenwoods Legal LLP Employment Team, on what changes are likely to be needed to your policies when the new ‘Day 1’ leave entitlements are introduced. #employmentlaw #greenwoodslegal #clientcare

Paid family leave benefits have been rising over time, but there are hurdles to their full adoption. Thinking of building out your parental leave policy? Check out this blog post from our friends at Risk Strategies to get started!

Employers - STOP telling your employees who need to take parental leave that you feel they are prioritising their partners work over their own. In a two parent household so much thought goes into “who” stays home with the children when they are unable to go to nursery or school. - who has the most important work of the day I.e meetings which they must attend and cannot reschedule - who usually takes the time off - who looses the most money for the day off - who has flexibility to work around the day or pick work missed up elsewhere. - who is best equipped to manage the sickness or reason the child cannot go in. It is a process where many parents feel awful enough as it is before they make the dreaded call and that’s without dealing with the day ahead. Parents are entitled to unpaid parental leave to support with child sickness and make arrangements for further days. If you have any questions as an employer on how you can implement a flexible and supportive approach to your family leave policies do get in touch #parentalleave #flexibleworking #supportingemployees #hrconsultancy