As we are rapidly speeding
through 2014 we are looking forward at Law changes expected in 2015
Parental LeaveThe right to unpaid parental leave will be extended to parents of any child under the age of 18 years. Currently this leave can only be taken up to a child’s 5th birthday unless a child has a disability.
Surrogate
parents eligible for adoption leave
Currently the law does not allow intended
parents in a surrogacy arrangement the right to adoption leave or pay but they
may qualify for parental leave. It does however permit that the surrogate, full
maternity leave and pay as according to UK law what a mother does after a child
is born has no impact on her right to maternity leave.
In 2015 the law is due to change and provided
they meet the criteria, intended parents who have a child through surrogacy
will be entitled to paternity leave and pay, adoption leave and pay and shared
parental leave and pay. Furthermore both intended parents will be allowed to
take unpaid time off to attend 2 antenatal classes with the woman carrying the
child.
School leave
age rises to 18
During 2015
the school leave age will rise to 18. Children born on or after 1 September
1997 can leave school on the last Friday in June as long as they are 16 by the
end of that year’s summer school holiday but will have to stay in some form of
education or training until their 18th Birthday.
The options
are:
full-time education - e.g. at a school or
college - an apprenticeship or traineeship
- part-time education or training - as well
as being employed, self-employed or volunteering for 20 hours or more a
week
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