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Update on Walsh Review of Flexible Working: a look at the debate surrounding the implementation of this and link to the consultation.
Additional Maternity Leave rights: a reminder of the change applicable to women whose expected week of childbirth began on or after 5th October 2008.
Additional Paternity Leave and Pay: an update on planned implementation.
Summary of important change in rights during Additional Maternity Leave, contributed by Esther Smith, Partner at Thomas Eggar LLP
Published in May 2008, the Walsh Review on flexible working, recommends extending the right to request flexible working to all parents with children up to the age of 16 years.
By Jennifer Liston-Smith, Director, Managing Maternity Ltd.
Published in Maternity Matters, Managing Maternity's newsletter, in July 2007
By Jacqueline Ashley, Employment Lawyer, Thomas Eggar Solicitors, London
Published in Maternity Matters, Managing Maternity's newsletter, in March 2007
Sets up new Commission for Equality and Human Rights to replace Equal Opportunities Commission, Commission for Racial Equality and Disability Rights Commission by October 2007. Arranges for. The Equality Act also sets up new provisions regarding discrimination on grounds of both religion and sexual orientation, and amends the Disability Discrimination Act. Importantly, also imposes duties to avoid sex discrimination on those who perform public functions.