Family-friendly Rights and the Law

09:30 - An overview of relevant legislation
· European Directives
· Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Employment Rights Act 1996,
· Employment Act 2002
· Regulations: health and safety, maternity and parental leave, paternity and adoptions, flexible working
· Work and Families Act 2006
· Flexible Working Regulations 2006

10:30 - Health and safety of pregnant workers
· Risk assessment, avoiding risk, alternative work, suspension
· Employment law protection
· Antenatal care
· Case law

11:30 - Maternity and Paternity Leave and Pay
· Qualification requirements
· Ordinary and additional maternity leave
· Contractual rights
· Return to work
· Holidays and sickness absence
· Dismissals and redundancy during leave
· Flexible working requests - procedures and case law

12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Case study and Maternity and Paternity Leave and Pay continued
14:30 - Parental and dependant leave
· Adoption leave
· Parental leave
· Time off for dependents
· Qualification requirements
· Workplace and collective agreements
· Default provisions for notice and postponement

15:30 - Work and Families Act 2006
· "Keeping in touch" days
· Making "reasonable" contact
· New notice provisions of early return
· Further extensions of maternity pay
· Additional paternity leave
· Extension of the right to request flexible working to carers of adults and parents with children up to the age of 16

16:30 - Close of training