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New leave rights for parents as to how they use maternity and paternity leave.

The government is proposing to change the law so that employed mothers will be able to transfer all or part of the last 26 weeks of maternity leave to the father. To the extent that this "additional paternity leave" is taken during the mother's 39 week maternity pay period, it would be paid at the same rate as SMP, currently £123.06.

A consultation on draft regulations is to be launched soon. Subject to consultation and parliamentary procedure, the Government intends that the law be in force by April 2010 and have effect for parents of children due on or after 3rd April 2011. More information 

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Complaints Policy 

Connect HR & Recruitment Ltd is committed to providing a high level service to our customers. If you do not receive satisfaction from us we need you to tell us about it. This will help us to improve our standards. 

The procedure

If you have a complaint, please contact a Director. You can write to the Directors at: Connect HR & Recruitment Ltd, 2 Charnwood Drive, High Grange, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL3 0EG Next steps 

1. We will send you a letter acknowledging your complaint and asking you to confirm or explain the details set out. We will also let you know the name of the person who will be dealing with your complaint. You can expect to receive our letter within 5 days of us receiving your complaint. 

2. We will record your complaint in our central register within a day of having received it. 

3. We will acknowledge your reply to our acknowledgment letter and confirm what will happen next. You can expect to receive our acknowledgement letter within 5 days of your reply. 

4. We will then start to investigate your complaint. This will normally involve the following steps; 

  •  We may ask the member of staff who dealt with you to reply to your complaint within 5 days of our request;
  • We will then examine the member of staff’s reply and the information you have provided for us. If necessary we may ask you to speak to them. This will take up to 4 days from receiving their reply. 

5. A Director will then invite you to meet him/her to discuss and hopefully resolve your complaint. S/he will do this within 5 days of the end of our investigation. 

6. Within 5 days of the meeting a Director will write to you to confirm what took place and any solutions s/he has agreed with you. If you do not want a meeting or it is not possible, a Director will send you a detailed reply to your complaint. This will include his/her suggestions for resolving the matter. S/he will do this within 5 days of completing his/her investigation. 

7. At this stage, if you are still not satisfied you can write to the REC, our trade association of which we are a member marked for the attention of the Professional Standards Manager, REC, 15 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 9XT. 

8. If you are still not satisfied, you can contact the Employment Agencies Standards Office at the Department of Trade and Industry or the REC, the industry trade association, of which we are a member by writing to the Professional Standards Manager, REC, 15 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 9XT. 

If we have to change any of the time scales above, we will let you know and explain why. This complaints policy complies with the REC (Recruitment & Employment  Confederation) recommendations of which Connect HR & Recruitment are a member.

 

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