Welcome to The Work Couch podcast, law firm RPC's brand new sparkly podcast, where we discuss all things employment.
Brought to you by the award-winning employment team at RPC, we'll be discussing the whole spectrum of employment law, with the emphasis firmly on people. Every other week, we'll be exploring those thorny HR issues that People teams and in-house counsel are facing right now and discuss the practical ways to tackle them.
Hosted by Ellie Gelder, senior editor in the employment, equality and engagement team at RPC, we'll explore the constantly evolving - and consistently challenging - world of employment law and all the curve balls that it brings to businesses today.
Not only will we be tapping into the expertise of our fabulous employment lawyers, we'll also from time to time hear from individuals about their lived experiences of the particular issue in question, from both employer and employee perspectives.
This is not just any employment law podcast. It's informal; we want to discuss topics in an accessible and engaging way so that you can digest it easily and come away feeling confident and motivated to address your people challenges.
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Welcome to The Work Couch podcast, law firm RPC's brand new sparkly podcast, where we discuss all things employment.
Brought to you by the award-winning employment team at RPC, we'll be discussing the whole spectrum of employment law, with the emphasis firmly on people. Every other week, we'll be exploring those thorny HR issues that People teams and in-house counsel are facing right now and discuss the practical ways to tackle them.
Hosted by Ellie Gelder, senior editor in the employment, equality and engagement team at RPC, we'll explore the constantly evolving - and consistently challenging - world of employment law and all the curve balls that it brings to businesses today.
Not only will we be tapping into the expertise of our fabulous employment lawyers, we'll also from time to time hear from individuals about their lived experiences of the particular issue in question, from both employer and employee perspectives.
This is not just any employment law podcast. It's informal; we want to discuss topics in an accessible and engaging way so that you can digest it easily and come away feeling confident and motivated to address your people challenges.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.
In the first part of our series on the new statutory right to neonatal care leave, which comes into force on 6 April 2025, host Ellie Gelder is joined by Joanna Holford, senior associate, from our employment, engagement and equality team, and Catriona Ogilvy, founder and chair of charity The Smallest Things.
Catriona and her team have worked tirelessly to campaign for better support for employees whose babies require neonatal care, while Joanna is frequently advising employer clients on all family-related rights.
We discuss:
· Catriona's own lived experience of having a baby in neonatal care and why the law needed to change;
· Who is eligible for neonatal care leave and how neonatal care is defined by the legislation;
· The timing of neonatal care leave and an explanation of "Tier 1" and "Tier 2" leave;
· Pay during neonatal care leave and eligibility requirements;
· How partners may use neonatal care leave in addition to other forms of family-friendly leave; and
· Whether the new legislation goes far enough in supporting people.
Join us for part 2 next time when we'll discuss the practicalities of implementing neonatal care leave.
For in-depth information and support, please visit The Smallest Things or Working Families, the UK's national charity for working parents and carers.
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All information is correct at the time of recording. The Work Couch is not a substitute for legal advice.
References
Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025
Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025
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