Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025

Introduces neonatal care leave and, via reg.14, extends the preferential redundancy redeployment right to employees who have taken 6+ consecutive weeks of neonatal care leave.

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Last reviewed 11 July 2026

Redundancy and family leave: your right to be offered a suitable role first

If your role is being made redundant while you're on maternity, adoption, shared parental, neonatal care, or bereaved partner's paternity leave, you may have a stronger right than you think: first refusal on any suitable alternative role, ahead of everyone else at risk.

Bereaved Partner's Paternity Leave Regulations 2026Employment Rights Act 2025Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014Redundancy