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Parental Leave. 3 February 2016 Adrian Buckley, Assistant Director of HR. Why Parental Leave?. Duty Statutory Requirement Self-interest Recruitment and Retention Avoid Discrimination Claims Grant Funding?. Why Parental leave (2). Or, more positively:
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Parental Leave 3 February 2016 Adrian Buckley, Assistant Director of HR
Why Parental Leave? Duty • Statutory Requirement Self-interest • Recruitment and Retention • Avoid Discrimination Claims • Grant Funding?
Why Parental leave (2) Or, more positively: • Better Balance of Service Provision • Fairness: a (more) level playing field ‘A well-resourced, well-managed and ambitious university with people at its heart’
Types of Parental Leave Statutory Enhanced • Maternity X X • Adoptive X X • Paternity X X • Shared Parental Leave X • Parental Leave X • Dependents Leave X • Compassionate Leave X
Family Leave Arrangements https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/hr/documents/public/family-leave-arrangements-january-2016.pdf
Fixed Term Contracts and Maternity Leave Standard conditions: • Service requirement (statutory) • Return to work (University) How to manage a case where maternity and expiry of FTC co-incide?