| 1 | Families and pregnancy: toolkit A toolkit to direct users to PLC Employment materials on pregnancy, maternity leave and pay, paternity leave and pay, adoption leave and pay, parental leave, flexible working and time off for dependants. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Flexible working A note on the statutory right to request flexible working, including details of the eligibility and procedural requirements, and the interrelation with sex discrimination claims. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | Maternity pay and benefits A practice note dealing with pay and benefits during maternity leave, including statutory maternity pay (SMP), contractual maternity pay, pay rises, bonuses, pensions and other contractual entitlements. For detailed information on other aspects of pregnancy and maternity leave, see Practice note, Pregnancy and maternity leave: the legal framework. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Parental leave A note on employees' statutory entitlement to parental leave, and the legal and practical issues which arise in relation to the implementation of a non-statutory parental leave scheme. NOTE: With effect from 8 March 2013 the total amount of parental leave that an employee is entitled to take in respect of a child increased from 13 to 18 weeks, when the Parental Leave (EU Directive) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/283) came into force. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Paternity leave A note outlining the statutory rights of the spouse, partner or civil partner of a child's mother or adopter to ordinary and additional paternity leave following the birth or adoption of a child. The right to additional paternity leave is available to parents of babies due on or after 3 April 2011 and to adoptive parents notified that they have been matched with a child for adoption on or after that date. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Paternity pay A note on the rights of an employee to statutory paternity pay (SPP) (both ordinary statutory paternity pay (OSPP) and additional statutory paternity pay (ASPP)) following the birth or adoption of a child. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Pension rights during maternity, paternity, parental and ... This practice notes looks at employees' pension entitlement during maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave. It sets out the legislative framework in this area, the employer's obligations in view of the type of pension scheme offered and the different treatment applicable to periods of paid and unpaid leave. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Pregnancy and maternity discrimination (EqA 2010) This note examines pregnancy and maternity discrimination in employment under the Equality Act 2010, most of which took effect on 1 October 2010. For information on the legal framework that applies to pregnant employees and to maternity leave, see Practice note, Pregnancy and maternity: the legal framework. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Pregnancy and maternity leave: the legal framework A note outlining the rights and responsibilities of and towards pregnant employees and new mothers, and setting out the legal framework for maternity leave. The right to statutory maternity pay (SMP) and other benefits during maternity leave are dealt with in Practice note, Maternity pay and benefits. The protection from discrimination in respect of pregnancy and maternity as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 is dealt with in Practice note, Pregnancy and maternity discrimination (EqA 2010). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Time off for dependants A note examining the scope of an employee's statutory right to take time off work in order to deal with emergencies involving their dependants. It also addresses some of the more problematic issues raised by the right and outlines some practical steps that employers may take to prevent abuse of the entitlement by their employees. | Practice notes | Maintained |