The government announced on Friday 24 April that furloughed workers planning to take paid parental or adoption leave will be entitled to pay based on their usual earnings rather than a furloughed pay rate. The full earnings will apply to Maternity Pay, Paternity Pay, Shared Parental Pay, Parental Bereavement Pay and Adoption Pay and ensures workers about to take family-related leave are not penalised by being furloughed.
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme update- 27.04.2020
Update on the passage of the Employment Rights Bill
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