Employers must comply with important new employment rules that come into force this week.
The changes involve a major overhaul of regulations affecting employees’ maternity, paternity and adoption rights. Whilst new flexible working laws mean that employers must now consider requests for flexible working from those who care for adults.
The new regulations offer employers help in terms of planning staff cover. An employee intending to return early from maternity or adoption leave must now give her employer eight weeks’ notice of her intended return dates.
A further significant change is the introduction of a right for employers to maintain ‘reasonable contact’ with employees, who are on maternity leave.
Read more about the April 07 Maternity and Adoption regulation changes
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