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Changes to employment law from April 2020
The Good Work Plan and other updates to employment law affect how employers provide employment details to new staff, calculate holiday pay and grant parental bereavement leave. Find out what's changed, and what you need to do.
- Topic: Contracts and conditions of employment for school staff
- Topic: Expectations and requirements for support staff
- Topic: Expectations and requirements for teaching staff
- Topic: Maternity and paternity arrangements
- Topic: Organising working time and breaks
- Topic: PPA time and other non-contact time
- Topic: Staff leave and absence
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