By Jo Broadbent
This guide explains the statutory right to ordinary parental leave, including the procedures to take leave and employees’ rights during and after a period of ordinary parental leave.
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- Right to ordinary parental leave
- Eligibility for ordinary parental leave
- Evidence of parenthood
- Procedures for taking ordinary parental leave
- Collective or workforce agreement
- Fallback ordinary parental leave scheme
- Employee rights and obligations during ordinary parental leave
- Return to work after ordinary parental leave
- Records
- Remedies and penalties
- Refusal to grant ordinary parental leave
- Dismissal and victimisation
- Future developments
- Day-one right to ordinary parental leave
- Review of parental leave and pay
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About the author
Jo Broadbent
Counsel Knowledge Lawyer, Hogan Lovells
Jo Broadbent is a counsel knowledge lawyer in the employment team at law firm Hogan Lovells. In addition to keeping clients and the team up to date with legal developments, she has extensive experience of developing and presenting internal and external client training courses and workshops.
Jo is a former chair of the Employment Lawyers Association training committee. She is a co-author of the book “Informing and consulting employees: the new law” and frequently writes articles for the HR and legal press. She has a particular interest in shared parental leave and other family-friendly rights.