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Buried within the many 6th April 2024 changes to UK employment law are new increased protections ?against redundancy for pregnant employees??
Basically, employees taking certain types of parental leave now have protection from redundancy for at least 18 months. This protection means that if their role is made redundant their employer must give them first refusal of any other vacancies; however, they can still be made redundant if no appropriate vacancy is available.?
Previously, employees only had this protection during their period of maternity, adoption or shared parental leave.???
Protection now begins on the day the employer is first notified of the employee’s pregnancy and ends 18 months after the date of the child’s birth.?
These protections also now extend to 18 months after the date of adoption for parents taking adoption leave or 18 months after the child’s birth in cases where a parent is taking at least six weeks of shared parental leave.?
?Further information – UK Government links here:-
?These changes were made by the?Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023, and the?Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024.??
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