Topic: Northern Ireland

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Your right to be accompanied

NEU members, like all workers, have a statutory right to be accompanied by a work colleague or trade union official where they are required, or invited, by their employer to attend certain disciplinary or grievance hearings.

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Shared parental leave

The Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Act 2015 provides an opportunity for parents to take advantage of additional flexibility in the way they choose to care for a new arrival to the family.

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