Support and benefits
Employee assistance programme providing free counselling, support and expert advice on personal, financial and legal challenges.
We also offer:
- Access to the Wellbeing Hub: 1-1 wellbeing sessions from psychological, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- Annual eye test vouchers
- Occupational health service
- Generous annual leave starting at 24 Days and rising to 32 Days plus 8 UK Public Holidays and 3 days additional leave days during the Christmas period.
- Paid leave for sickness and other special provisions
- Family friendly leave policy (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Flexible working policy
- Excellent transport links
- Oyster card/parking permit for business use.
- Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits
- Travel season ticket loan, cycle scheme
- Local Authority pension.
Family leave entitlement
| A |
Maternity leave |
Newham Council provides up to 52 weeks of maternity leave for a new mother. The first 6 weeks is paid at 90% of pay, then the next 24 weeks is paid at 50% of pay followed by 9 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay, with the last 13 weeks being unpaid leave. However, some of this period of leave maybe shared with the father or partner under the shared parental leave provisions – see Section D below. |
|---|---|---|
| B |
Paternity Leave |
Paternity leave allows up to 10 days paid leave for new fathers who are caring for a new-born child (or children) or supporting the mother who is caring for a child or children newly placed for adoption or for supporting the adopter. |
| C |
Parental Leave |
Parental leave is a right to take time off work to look after a child. Parents can use it to spend more time with children and strike a better balance between their work and family commitments. Up to 18 weeks per child, in short or long breaks, can be taken but this leave is unpaid. |
| D |
Shared Parental Leave |
Shared Parental Leave enables eligible parents to choose how to share the care of their child during the first year of birth or adoption. Its purpose is to give parents more flexibility in considering how to best care for, and bond with their child. All eligible employees have a statutory right to take Shared Parental Leave. |
| E |
Adoption Leave |
Adoption leave mirrors maternity pay and allows up to 52 weeks of leave, with the same provisions as maternity pay. In addition the leave can be shared under the shared parental leave provisions and the partner of the adopter may also qualify for parental leave. |
