Legislation & Policy
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New paternity leave rules (including adoptions)
Discrimination at work
Military wives win unfair dismissal protection overseas – BFBS report
Holiday entitlement: your rights
New paternity leave rules (including adoptions)
The new rules allow parents to share up to a year’s leave.
There are eligibility requirements and it is recommended that you read through the DIN (2011 DIN01-037) found on ArmyNet.
AFF recommends that any service person who feels they may be eligible discuss their circumstances with their chain of command. For more information click here.
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Discrimination at work
The law protects you from discrimination due to your age, gender, race, religion or beliefs, disability or sexual orientation. For more information and to determine your next course of action visit the Equality and Human Rights Commission website or the Direct Gov website.
If you feel that you have been discriminated against at work or during the recruitment process specifically because you are a military spouse, AFF would like to hear from you, please contact et@aff.org.uk, likewise if you have an employer who actively recruits military spouses and has HR policies to support this please let us know.
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Military wives win unfair dismissal protection overseas – BFBS report
Three Appeal Court judges have ruled that forces wives who took overseas jobs with the Ministry of Defence are entitled to protection against unfair dismissal.
For more information and to listen to the BFBS report visit the BFBS website.
The legal team involved in the case were headed up by Ian Wilson of Dean Wilson LLP based in Brighton.
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Holiday entitlement: your rights
All workers have a right to a minimum of 5.6 weeks paid annual leave, but your employer may offer more. Find out the basics of working out your holiday entitlement, including your rights on bank holidays. To access all the information you need to know about your right to paid annual leave, how to calculate your holiday entitlement according to your working pattern, accruing your leave and carrying it over, and taking your holiday have a look at this link from the direct.gov website - www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays
