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EDITOR'S NOTE:

Hello and welcome to Persona. In this month's 'Ask the experts' feature, we're answering all your questions about the Jubilee bank holiday which is less than five weeks away and which may prove challenging for some businesses. In our Employment Law Update, we bring you some recent case studies and our ever-popular Stats Corner, whilst the 'How to' focuses on that issue that fills some employers with dread - maternity. Follow our simple guide to ensure you are aware of the key issues.

Keep sending in your questions to:

charlotte@p3pm.co.uk.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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Ask the experts

Are my employees entitled to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee bank holiday?

(There will be an additional bank holiday on Tuesday 5 June 2012 to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the usual late May bank holiday is being moved to Monday 4 June.)

P3 People Management's Charlotte Gallagher responds:

"While many employees may assume that they will have the right to take the bank holiday off work for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, there is no statutory right for employees to take bank holidays as leave, and not all employees will be entitled to take the extra day off work. An employee's entitlement will depend on the wording of their employment contract. You should review the wording of your employees' contracts to establish whether or not they are entitled to take the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday as leave.

"If a contract states a specified number of days of annual leave "plus bank holidays", the employee will be entitled to take the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday as leave and the bank holiday will constitute an additional day's entitlement in 2012. Where the contract specifies a number of days of annual leave for example "including bank holidays", the employee will be entitled to take the bank holiday as leave, but the day can be deducted from his or her annual leave entitlement..."

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Employment Law Update

Sunday working and employees' religious beliefs

A case worker and devout Christian resigned when asked to work on Sundays. However, the tribunal found that having the whole of Sunday off was not a core component of the Christian faith and accepted that the employer had demonstrated accommodation of her faith by suggesting she came to work after she had attended her church service.

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How to manage pregnancy and maternity in the workplace

Pregnancy and maternity raise a number of issues within the workplace; ranging from the right to take time off for antenatal appointments to arrangements for returning to work.

Here we provide employers with a straightforward checklist of the key points to remember...

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DID YOU KNOW... Charlotte Gallagher

...that more than 15 million Brits are expected to go on holiday over the Jubilee period? According to a recent survey, more than 39% of bosses in the NorthWest are unhappy about the extra bank holiday, with the main concerns being loss of revenue, production and higher wage bills.