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Your rights to be allowed time off work for specified reasons. Includes maternity leave.

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Rights at work

Includes links to information on your right to holiday pay, sick pay, and parental leave. 

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/rights-at-work/#h-time-off-work
Citizens Advice
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Time off work- overview (PDF)

Explains your rights to take time off work in certain circumstances. The time off will not always be paid.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/rights-at-work/basic-rights-and-contracts...
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Time off (PDF)

Includes information on parental leave, adoption leave, ante-natal care, jury service and trade union activities.
http://www.acas.org.uk/media/pdf/a/n/Acas_Time_off(RAW)__November_2010.pdf
ACAS - Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
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Working life and family-friendly policies

Covers flexible working for parents, caring for children, teleworking, maternity leave and pay, paternity leave and pay, adoption leave, dependants' leave, parental leave and childcare provision.

https://worksmart.org.uk/work-rights/family-friendly-work
WorkSMART - TUC
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Holidays, time off, sick leave, maternity and paternity leave

Provides links to information across the GOV.UK website on taking time off work, includes information about careers breaks, bank holidays and time off for public duties.

https://www.gov.uk/browse/working/time-off
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Working hours, holidays, breaks and leave

Information about holidays, sick leave and pay, working hours, daily and weekly breaks, night work, and time off for union or public duties

https://worksmart.org.uk/work-rights/hours-and-holidays
WorkSMART - TUC
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Holidays pay - what you're entitled to

Right to paid holiday from work, how much you should be paid, when holiday can be taken, and what to do if your employer refuses to let you take holiday.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/rights-at-work/holiday/holiday-pay-what-y...
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Shared parental leave

Information on the new legislation for the parents of babies being born or children being placed for adoption after April 2015.

http://www.workingfamilies.org.uk/article-categories/shared-parental-leave/
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Holiday pay calculator

This helpful calculator can help you work out how much time off work you should have left, based on your full holiday entitlement and your rights under employment law.

https://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/personal/holiday-entitlement-calculator
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