02/05/2025
The UK Government is considering some significant amendments to building regulations which will impact BWF Members and the wider woodworking and joinery manufacturing industry. A consultation of ...
From 6th April 2013, the standard rate of statutory sick pay will increase from £85.85 to £86.70 per week.
The standard rate of statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay will also increase from £135.45 to £136.78 per week.
The weekly earnings threshold for these payments increases from £107 to £109.
The right to unpaid parental leave increased earlier this month from 13 weeks to 18 weeks per parent, per child. This change is required to implement the Parental Leave Directive (2010/18/EC), and has been applicable from 8 March 2013.
Every employee who is the parent of a child can take up to 18 weeks of unpaid parental leave during the first five years of the child's life. Adoptive parents must take their parental leave by the fifth anniversary of the adoption or by the child's 18th birthday, whichever comes first. For each child who qualifies for Disability Living Allowance, the entitlement is 18 weeks up to their 18th birthday.
