Home » HR practices » Recruitment/Employer branding/employee loyalty » Great Britain: Tesco introduces paid leave for employees who are legal guardians Great Britain: Tesco introduces paid leave for employees who are legal guardians On 26 September 2023, the UK supermarket giant announced the introduction of a new category of leave for employees who are taking care of relatives’ children and for whom they are the legal guardians. This new ‘kinship leave’ means employees can be paid parental leave equivalent to that of adoptive parents. By Jessica Agache-Gorse. Published on 28 September 2023 à 16h46 - Update on 28 September 2023 à 16h49 Resources Effective from 2024, this 100%-paid kinship leave will last 26 weeks and is accessible by any employee holding a court awarded Special Guardianship Order and taking care of a relative’s child/children. The court awarded guardianship allows legal guardians to take charge of children whose parents have died or are no longer able to educate them.… Jessica Agache-Gorse Parenthood Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Latest articles Longer careers: a new state of affairs for companies CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape Analysis & Data Latest articles Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
