Law and Labour » Nick Clegg http://lawandlabour.com Employment law issues Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:43:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Flexible working proposed changes http://lawandlabour.com/flexible-working-changes/ http://lawandlabour.com/flexible-working-changes/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:51:07 +0000 http://lawandlabour.com/?p=1161 On 13 November 2012, the Government announced proposals to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees. This right is currently only available for parents or carers.

The Government also intends to remove the current statutory procedure for considering requests.

However, submitting a request is no guarantee that the employee will be granted a flexible working arrangement.  Employers will have a duty to consider all requests in a reasonable manner and they will be able to refuse requests on business grounds.

The Government has yet to announce a date for the implementation of this proposal.

]]> http://lawandlabour.com/flexible-working-changes/feed/ 0 ‘Mix and match’ parenting http://lawandlabour.com/mix-and-match-parenting/ http://lawandlabour.com/mix-and-match-parenting/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:42:41 +0000 http://lawandlabour.com/?p=1155 The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg recently announced plans in which parents will be given the right to share the care of their child in the first year following its birth.

Flexible parental leave is to be introduced in 2015.

Only mothers will be allowed to take leave in the first two weeks following the baby’s birth.  After that period, parents will be able to divide the rest of the leave between each other as they see fit.

Prospective fathers will also be given the right to take unpaid leave in order to attend up to two antenatal appointments.

Women will still retain the right to take 52 weeks’ maternity leave with no more than nine months at guaranteed pay.

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