Redundancy and pregnancy or other family friendly rights

Published byLawspeed Ltd16 Apr 2024|News archiveRedundancy and pregnancy or other family friendly rightsThere are some new rules around redundancy where the employee is pregnant, on maternity leave, adoption leave, or shared parental leave. Whilst under the current rules employees in this category must be given priority where suitable alternative employment is available, from April 2024 the protections are being extended to cover employees who have recently returned from a period of leave or who