New Clause 54 - Extension of emergency leave entitlement to grandparents

Part of Children and Families Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:46 pm on 25 April 2013.

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Photo of Dai Havard Dai Havard Labour, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 1:46, 25 April 2013

With this it will be convenient to discuss new clause 55—Adjustment leave—

‘(1) A qualifying employee who satisfies prescribed conditions may be absent from work at any time during an adjustment leave period.

(2) An adjustment leave period is a period calculated with regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(3) The regulations under subsection (2) shall include provision for determining the extent of an employee’s entitlement to leave under this section but shall secure that where an employee is entitled to leave under this section he is entitled to at least six weeks’ leave.

(4) An employee who exercises his rights under subsection (1)—

(a) is entitled, for such purposes and to such extent as may be prescribed, to the benefit of the terms and conditions of employment which would have applied if he had not been absent,

(b) is bound, for such purposes and to such extent as may be prescribed, by any obligations arising under those terms and conditions (except in so far as they are inconsistent with subsection (1)), and

(c) is entitled to return from leave to a job of a prescribed kind;.

(5) For the purposes of this section, an employee is a qualifying employee if—

(a) he is the parent or carer of a disabled child or adult and his purpose for applying for adjustment leave is to secure a temporary period of absence to deal with a period of illness or diagnosis of disability of the cared-for child or adult; or

(b) he is the bereaved parent of a child under the age of 18 and his purpose in applying for adjustment leave is to secure a temporary period of absence to deal with funeral and other arrangements due to the death of his child.’.