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DBT confirms implementation of Neonatal Care Leave and Pay from April 2025

Published on: 20 January 2025
Published by LNB News

LNB News 20/01/2025

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Issue Date: 20 January 2025

Published Date: 20 January 2025

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has confirmed the implementation of Neonatal Care Leave and Pay will be effective from 6 April 2025, subject to Parliamentary approval. This new entitlement, stemming from the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023, will allow eligible parents to take up to 12 weeks of additional leave when their baby is admitted to neonatal care within 28 days of birth and remains in hospital for at least 7 consecutive days. Neonatal leave will be a day one right for employees, with Statutory Neonatal Care Pay available to those meeting continuity of service and minimum earnings requirements. The measure forms part of the government's wider reform to employment law which is set to be implemented through the Employment Rights Bill.

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