Webinar:
Statutory neonatal care leave - how employers can prepare
The introduction of a legal right for parents to take additional time off if their child requires neonatal care is a huge step forward for family-related employment rights. Are you prepared for the new legal right to neonatal care leave, which will be available to parents of children born on or after 6 April 2025?
To help HR professionals to prepare for the new right, Brightmine editors Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson will guide you through how this new type of statutory leave will operate in practice and the impact it will have on how employers support the parents of premature or ill babies.
They will explain:
- who is eligible for neonatal care leave and pay;
- the notice requirements to take neonatal care leave;
- the length and timing of neonatal care leave; and
- what process employers must put in place for employees to take neonatal care leave.
This 45-minute webinar includes a Q&A session.
When: 11am Greenwich Mean Time, Thursday, 27th February 2025
Duration: 45 minutes
Speakers:
- Stephen Simpson, Principal HR Strategy and Practice Editor
- Zeba Sayed, Senior Legal Editor

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Zeba Sayed
Senior Legal Editor
Zeba Sayed is a former practising employment solicitor with more than 17 years' experience in employment law. She joined XpertHR in 2017 and is a Senior Legal Editor. In this role, she is responsible for resources across XpertHR's policies and procedures, letters and forms and contract clauses. She recently authored XpertHR’s model Flexible working requests policy (preliminary draft reflecting forthcoming reforms), which is proving to be a very popular resource among employers preparing for upcoming changes to the right to request flexible working.

Stephen Simpson
Principal HR Strategy and Practice Editor
Stephen Simpson is an Acting Content Manager - Employment Law and Compliance who has worked on employment law and leading practice resources for Brightmine (formerly known as XpertHR) for over 20 years. He was among the first recruits to the product in the year before it was launched in 2002 and is currently managing the team that oversees the employment law resources on Brightmine’s HR & Compliance Centre.