PREGNANCY & FUTURE PARENTHOOD
Legal entitlements for expectant parents
Maternity Action: Know your rights
Working Families – Benefits and other financial support for working parents and carers
Specific information for fathers:
Fathers in the Workplace Toolkit (University of Birmingham)
Notifying the workplace
Pregnancy and maternity discrimination
Risk assessments
Acas – Health and safety for pregnant employees – Practical overview of employer responsibilities and adjustments during pregnancy
HSE – New and expectant mothers at work (risk assessments) – Official Health and Safety Executive guidance on carrying out risk assessments for pregnant and breastfeeding employees
Antenatal appointments
https://www.cipd.org/en/knowledge/reports/fertility-challenges
Managing sickness during pregnancy
- ACAS – Your maternity leave, pay and other rights
- ACAS – Time off for antenatal appointments
- Maternity Action – Know your rights: Step-by-step guidance on maternity rights, early birth, neonatal care, and what to do if things don’t go to plan
LEAVE
Different types of leave and entitlements
- Maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental leave
- Unpaid parental leave
- Statutory pay (see links above for details)
Working Families – Shared Parental Leave
Working Families – Time Off for Parents and Carers
Transition to Parenthood – Parental Leave in UK Small & Medium Enterprises (Research Findings Handout)
Keeping in touch
Maternity Action – Keeping in touch days
UK Government – Employee rights when on leave
UK Government – Shared parental leave and pay
RETURN TO WORK & BEYOND
Flexible working
UK Government – Flexible Working
Acas – Statutory flexible working requests
Working Families – a guide for employees
CIPD – Flexible and hybrid working practices
Childcare support
Childcare vouchers and other employer schemes
Working Families – Find out about accessing financial support for childcare
Working Families – Parents and carers of dependants with a disability
Breastfeeding support
NCT: Breastfeeding and returning to work
Maternity Action: Continuing to breastfeed when you return to work
NHS: Breastfeeding – back to work
GENERAL ADVICE ON RIGHTS AT WORK
General Advice on Your Rights at Work – Working Families
Changes to your Employment Terms and Fire and Rehire – Working Families
Restructuring and TUPE transfer – Working Families
TEMPLATES AND FACTSHEETS
Template letters and downloadable information – Working Families
